Full Text of SR0881 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Walter R. Rankin of Herrin, who passed | 4 | | away on July 9, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Walter Rankin was born on January 22, 1936, in | 6 | | Maringouin, Louisiana; his parents were Carl W. and Lena | 7 | | (Zwick) Rankin; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Walter Rankin was employed by Norge (Maytag) and | 9 | | General Dynamics; he retired from Johnson Control in Cadiz, | 10 | | Kentucky in 1994; after retiring, he lived in Sebring, Florida, | 11 | | where he fished with many of his friends, including his fishing | 12 | | buddy, William (Bill) Barton; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Walter Rankin enjoyed working in tool and die | 14 | | engineering; he was also an avid reader and enjoyed westerns | 15 | | and suspense thrillers; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Walter Rankin was preceded in death by his | 17 | | parents; his brothers-in-law, Joe Molla and Wayne Yohe; and his | 18 | | sister-in-law, Juanita (Gulley) Rankin; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Walter Rankin is survived by his daughter and | 20 | | son-in-law, Brenda and John Brewster, and their children, |
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| 1 | | Travis and Patrick; his stepson, Randy Sellars, and his | 2 | | daughters, Casey Slavin, Torrie Sellars, and Danny Sellars; his | 3 | | brother, John W. Rankin, and his children, Karla Rankin and | 4 | | Kevin Rankin; and his sisters, Louise Molla and her children, | 5 | | Christine Shadewalt, Mary Baker, and Matthew Molla; Lanora Yohe | 6 | | and her children, Rhonda Parrott and Cindy Bagley; and Cathy | 7 | | Collins, her husband, Dennis Collins, and their children, Brian | 8 | | and Valerie; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of Walter R. Rankin; and be | 12 | | it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Walter Rankin as an expression of | 15 | | our sympathy.
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