SR0012 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Glen David Gray of Wood River, who passed away on December 31, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Glen Gray was born in Alton to Jacob Ansell and Helen (Ferrell) Gray on November 21, 1946; he married Janice L. Boswell at Bethel Free Will Baptist church in South Roxana on October 16, 1965; he served in the United States Army as an Engineer-Atomic Demolitions Expert during the Vietnam War; and

WHEREAS, Following his service, Glen Gray worked at the McDonnell Douglas Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri; he attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1970 for his associate's degree in Mortuary Science and co-founded the Gray Funeral Home in Wood River with his family in 1978, of which he was a part for 38 years; and

WHEREAS, Glen Gray was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Clark Ann Gingerich; his brother, Laren A. Gray; and his brothers-in-law, David Smith, and Royall and Rodney Hannis; and

WHEREAS, Glen Gray is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen Ansell, and Denise Michele (McClintock) Gray; his son-in-law, Steve Gingerich; his grandchildren, Jacob Ansell, Caleb Michael, Hannah Kimberley, and Levi Stephen Gray; his sisters, Karen Smith, and Susan Gray; his sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Debbie Gray, Doyle and Faye Stegall, and Gladys Hannis; and many nieces, nephews, great-nephews, and great-great-nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Glen David Gray, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Glen Gray as an expression of our deepest sympathy.