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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express |
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| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Ebert M. |
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| Grimes of East Alton, Illinois, who recently passed away; and
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| WHEREAS, Ebert Grimes was born on May 31, 1922 in Alton; on |
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| April 27, 1951 he married Mary E. Straub; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Grimes served as a staff sergeant with the |
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| Marine Corps during World War II, serving in the Pacific; he |
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| was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Grimes served with the East Alton Police |
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| Department for 20 years, retiring with the rank of captain; he |
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| then served as a security officer at Principia College in Elsah |
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| for 15 years before retiring; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of The East Alton Police |
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| Benevolent and Protection Association No. 78, the Madison |
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| County Police Association, and the First Baptist Church of East |
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| Alton; he enjoyed fishing and playing pinochle, and a game of |
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| Mexican dominoes; and
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| WHEREAS, Ebert Grimes is survived by his wife, Mary; his |
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| daughters, Jennifer, Angela, and Sara and her husband, Eric; |
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| his son, Jeffrey and his wife, Joe Helen; his grandchildren, |
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| Kandace and her partner, Brian, Nicholas and his partner, |
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| Nicole, David, Shawn and his wife, Lynn, Robbie, Samantha, and |
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| Tara; his great-grandchildren, Emily, Destanee, Alexandria, |
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| and Kharma; his sister, Norma; and his brothers-in-law, Len and |
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| his wife, Donna, and Robert; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the death of Ebert Grimes; and be it |