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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Ralph Donald Murphy of Pekin, who passed
4 away on December 27, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born April 6, 1951, in Peoria to Donald and
6 Anita (Winton) Murphy; he married Cheryl Anne Brown on Oct. 7,
7 2006, in East Peoria; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Ralph worked for Caterpillar Inc., last working as
9 a machine operator in the gearing area in East Peoria; he
10 worked many years previously in a print shop in Pekin; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He was for many years a member of The Redeemers
12 Special Church in Peoria, where he especially liked to drive
13 church buses, loved the people he picked up, and enjoyed
14 playing guitar in church services; he was a blues guitarist in
15 past years; and he was very passionate about music and studying
16 the Bible; and
 
17     WHEREAS, His grandparents preceded him in death; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Ralph Murphy is survived by his wife, Cheryl Anne;
19 his parents; his son, Brandon Park; and his sister, Donita
20 Murphy; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family and friends, the passing of Ralph Murphy; and be it
4 further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Ralph Murphy as a symbol of our
7 sincere sympathy.