Full Text of SR1248 099th 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 Ralph W. Burkhead of Canon City, | 4 | | Colorado, formerly of Rock Island, who passed away on October | 5 | | 14, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Burkhead was born October 15, 1924 in | 7 | | Kalamazoo, Michigan; his parents were Fred and Dorothy Timm | 8 | | Burkhead; he married Lorna McDougall on July 16, 1949 in | 9 | | Ottawa; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Burkhead was a World War II United States | 11 | | Marine Corps veteran; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Burkhead retired as a line supervisor from | 13 | | Illinois Bell Telephone, where he worked for 36 years; he also | 14 | | worked part-time for the Reynolds Phone Company, of which he | 15 | | was a part owner; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Burkhead was a member of St. Pius X Catholic | 17 | | Church in Rock Island and the Telephone Pioneers of America; he | 18 | | was an accomplished fast pitch softball pitcher and played well | 19 | | into his 70's; he also enjoyed camping, working in the yard, | 20 | | and washing cars; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Burkhead was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | Lorna; his parents; and his brothers, Edward and Jerome | 3 | | Burkhead; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Burkhead is survived by his children, Sherry | 5 | | Tonish, Daniel (Jan) Burkhead, Lynette (Scott) Grabau, Scot | 6 | | Burkhead (fiancee, Regina Cimino), and Laurie Burkhead; his | 7 | | grandchildren, Shawn (Tonia) Sutton, Ryan Sutton, Emily | 8 | | Tonish, Zach (Amanda) Burkhead, Sam Burkhead, Kimberly Grabau, | 9 | | and Tony Grabau; his great-grandchildren, Breezyn and Lily | 10 | | Sutton and Kayden Burkhead; his sister, Joan Hancks; his | 11 | | brother, David Burkhead; and his sister-in-law, Edith Brown; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ralph W. Burkhead; and | 16 | | be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Ralph Burkhead as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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