Full Text of SR0567 93rd General Assembly
SR0567 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Edward B. "Duke" Blair Sr. | 4 |
| of Alton on Monday, May 17, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Blair was born on June 20, 1922, in Alton to | 6 |
| Louis and Evelyn (Kramer) Blair; he and the former Evelyn | 7 |
| Winchell were married July 2, 1945, at St. Mary's Catholic | 8 |
| Church in Alton; she preceded him in death on August 31, 2002; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Blair graduated from Alton High School in | 11 |
| 1940, and he graduated in 1947 from the Missouri School of | 12 |
| Mines and Metallurgy with a Bachelor of Science degree; he was | 13 |
| employed for 34 years at Laclede Steel as a chief metallurgist, | 14 |
| retiring in 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Blair valiantly served his country during | 16 |
| World War II in the United States Army and was a member of | 17 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308 of Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Edward B. "Duke" Blair Sr. has been | 19 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his sons and daughters-in-law, | 20 |
| Dr. Edward and Barbara Blair Jr. and Steven and Nancy Blair | 21 |
| Sr.; his daughter, Barbara Hasse; his grandchildren, J. Robert | 22 |
| Hasse II and his wife, Beth, Blair Hasse, Rachel, Lindsay, | 23 |
| Regan, Lauren, and Steven Blair Jr.; his great-grandchildren, | 24 |
| Sara and Stephen Hasse; his beloved pet dachshund, Hans; and | 25 |
| his many other family members and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 27 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 28 |
| Edward "Duke" Blair Sr., and we extend our deepest sympathy to | 29 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 30 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Edward "Duke" Blair Sr. as an | 3 |
| expression of our sincere condolences.
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