SR0915 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express their condolences to the family and friends of Ronald S. Browning of Godfrey, Illinois, who passed away on December 1, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Ronald Browning was born in Arkansas County, Arkansas on September 27, 1915; his parents were the late John and Minnie Mae (Fox) Browning; and

WHEREAS, Ronald Browning was a union carpenter with Wood River Local 1808; he was an avid fisherman who enjoyed the outdoors; and

WHEREAS, Ronald Browning loved his family and is survived by his daughters and their husbands, Patricia and Richard Wells and Donna and William Hardin; his grandchildren and their spouses, David and Susan Potter, Corey and Terese Potter, Carl Miller, William "Buddy" Hardin, Barbara Hall, Dr. Dana B. and Julie Hardin, Ian T. and Derek Hardin, and Melissa A. and Mark Pruiett; his great-grandchildren; his sister, Jettie Pruitt; his brothers and their wives, John and Betty Browning, Jr., Tommy M. and Barbara Browning, and Glenn and Shirley Browning; his nieces and nephews; and his special friend, Frieda Foley; and

WHEREAS, Ronald Browning was preceded in death by his parents, John and Minnie Mae Browning; his brother, Paul Browning; and his sisters, Mary Browning and Cecile Lamparter; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ronald Browning; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Ronald Browning.