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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express
3 their sorrow at learning of the death of Harry Fox of Godfrey,
4 who passed away on January 7, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Harry Fox was born on December 31, 1918; his
6 parents were Theodore and Nellie (Shireman) Fox; he married
7 Ella Wood on June 25, 1940, and she preceded him in death on
8 November 16, 1985; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Fox was a veteran of the United States Army,
10 training with "C" Company, First Battalion, 103rd Glider
11 Infantry regiment at Camp Mackall, North Carolina; he completed
12 Airborne training prior to joining the 17th Airborne Division,
13 where he was stationed in England prior to his participation in
14 the Battle of the Bulge; he later joined "L" Company of the
15 194th Glider Infantry regiment; after flying in a glider behind
16 the Rhine, he was wounded in 3 occasions; Mr. Fox was honored
17 with the Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Two Oak Leaf Clusters,
18 Good Conduct Medal, Expert Infantryman Badge, Combat Infantry
19 Badge, and 3 Battle Stars for the Ardennes, Central Europe, and
20 the Rhineland; Mr. Fox was also entitled to wear the
21 European-African Middle-Eastern Theatre Campaign Ribbon with
22 Bronze Arrowhead and the Gliderman's Badge; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Mr. Fox was a pipefitter at Clark Oil Company for
2 38 years, retiring in 1981; and
 
3     WHEREAS, He was a lifetime member of Pipefitters Local 553,
4 VFW Post 1308 in Alton, VFW Post 2859 in Wood River, the
5 American Legion in Louisiana, Missouri, the Disabled American
6 Veterans, and the Christian Church in Mozler; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Harry Fox is survived by his daughters and
8 sons-in-law, Carole S. and Robert Klunk, Joan N. and Gary
9 Greer, and Jeannie F. and Robert Fleming; his granddaughters,
10 Michelle Brady, Rebecca Wade, Julie Krol, Lori Kampwerth, and
11 Elizabeth Price; his great-grandchildren, Alicia Brady, Kayla
12 and Hannah Wade, Jacob and Nicholas Darr, Isaiah Campbell,
13 Caroline and Mary Kathleen Price, and Amberly and Caroline
14 Krol; his brother, Kenneth Fox; and his sister, Eula Staufler;
15 he was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, his
16 granddaughter, Sherri Fleming; his sister, Myrtle Peuterbaugh;
17 and his brothers, Loren, Eurban, Harold "Butch", Lloyd, and
18 Frank; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 his family, friends, and all who knew him, the passing of Harry
22 Fox; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Harry Fox as a symbol of our sorrow
3 at the loss of this proud veteran of World War II.