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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Howard Ray "Rosie" Holladay Sr. of East |
| 4 | | Moline, who passed away on May 18, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was born in Conesville, Iowa |
| 6 | | to Floyd and Velma Strong Holladay on September 16, 1925; he |
| 7 | | grew up in Muscatine, Iowa; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. joined the United States |
| 9 | | Marines in June of 1943; he served over two years in the Second |
| 10 | | Marine Division in the South Pacific during World War II; he |
| 11 | | was stationed in Nagasaki, Japan for over three months, |
| 12 | | following the dropping of the atomic bomb; he was honorably |
| 13 | | discharged as a Corporal in January of 1946; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. married Wilma Ann Webb at the |
| 15 | | Spangler Chapel in Muscatine on June 30, 1973; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was a heavy equipment operator |
| 17 | | with Rock Island Local 537; he also farmed in Illinois City; |
| 18 | | and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was a past master of Norwood |
| 20 | | Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 622 in Norwood, |
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| 1 | | Missouri; he was a past Worthy Patron of Norwood Eastern Star |
| 2 | | and was a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge; he was a member |
| 3 | | of American Legion Post 27 in Muscatine, Iowa and the VFW Post |
| 4 | | in Rock Island; he enjoyed traveling with his wife and fishing |
| 5 | | in Arkansas; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was preceded in death by his |
| 7 | | wife, Wilma; his parents; his sisters, Doris Middagh and |
| 8 | | Geraldine Middagh; his brothers, Clyde, Floyd A., Kenneth, and |
| 9 | | Jack Holladay; and his granddaughter, Mandy; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. is survived by his children, |
| 11 | | Howard (Terri) Holladay Jr., Henry (Kathy) Holladay, Tim |
| 12 | | Holladay, and Mindy Baker; his stepdaughters, Madelyn |
| 13 | | (Michael) Doyle, Georgia Hoover, Nancy Gurney, and Vivian |
| 14 | | (William) Schmelzer; his grandchildren, Ryan, Teresa, Amy, |
| 15 | | Lindsey, and Jakab; nine great-grandchildren; and several |
| 16 | | step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; therefore, be |
| 17 | | it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 20 | | Howard Ray "Rosie" Holladay Sr., and extend our sincere |
| 21 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
| 22 | | him; and be it further
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