Full Text of SR0504 93rd General Assembly
SR0504 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
SR0504 |
|
LRB093 21816 HSS 49706 r |
|
| 1 |
| SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with great sadness of the death of Ralph H. Ricketts of | 4 |
| Mt. Vernon on Wednesday, April 7, 2004; and
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, Ralph H. Ricketts was born October 27, 1926 in | 6 |
| Hartsville, Indiana to William Ricketts and Mildred (Nighbert) | 7 |
| Brown; and
| 8 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Ricketts valiantly served his country during | 9 |
| World War II in the U.S. Army; he served with the 82nd Airborne | 10 |
| as a paratrooper in the Philippines; and
| 11 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Ricketts married Cheryl Paul on December 28, | 12 |
| 1948 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Davenport, | 13 |
| Iowa; and
| 14 |
| WHEREAS, Prior to his retirement, Mr. Ricketts was Senior | 15 |
| Vice President at Davenport Bank and Trust Company; he served | 16 |
| on the Board of Governors for the Diocese of Las Cruces, New | 17 |
| Mexico, worked for many years with the prison ministry, was | 18 |
| actively involved in charities for fund raising for Catholic | 19 |
| churches in Las Cruces and Davenport, and was a member of the | 20 |
| Elks Club; he was an avid supporter of the Indiana Hoosiers | 21 |
| basketball and loved golf; and
| 22 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Ricketts has been deeply felt | 23 |
| by many, especially his wife, Cheryl; his daughters and their | 24 |
| spouses, Karen and Calvin Hileman, Laura and Richard Norton, | 25 |
| Anne and Matthew Blunk, and Mary K. Brent; his sons and their | 26 |
| spouses, John and Barbara Ricketts, Jeffrey and Veronica | 27 |
| Ricketts, Randy Ricketts, and Matthew and Michelle Ricketts; | 28 |
| his 26 grandchildren; and his 7 great-grandchildren; | 29 |
| therefore, be it |
|
|
|
SR0504 |
- 2 - |
LRB093 21816 HSS 49706 r |
|
| 1 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Ralph H. Ricketts, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 4 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 |
| further
| 6 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Ralph H. Ricketts as an expression | 8 |
| of our sincere condolences.
|
|