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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Raymond Burdette Carlson of Ottawa, who 
4passed away on September 6, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Ray Carlson was born in Rockford to Sven Otto and 
6Ellen (Hallen) Carlson on January 2, 1917; he married Vertie 
7Mae Thomas at Trinity Lutheran Church in Harvard on November 
822, 1947; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Ray Carlson worked as a farmer in the Belvidere 
10area and a milkman; he sold livestock feed, and worked in auto 
11part sales until he bought the Tow Path House in Ottawa, where 
12he refinished furniture until the age of 95; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Ray Carlson was a member of Trinity Lutheran 
14Church in Ottawa, the American Legion Post #33, the Ottawa 
15Moose Lodge, Odd Fellows, and The International Society of 
16Apple Parer Enthusiasts; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Ray Carlson was preceded in death by his wife, 
18Vertie; and his siblings, William, Donald, and Wilmer Carlson, 
19Audrey Meyer, Robert Johnson, and Adeline Rudeen; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Ray Carlson is survived by his children, Lynn 
 
 
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1Carlson, Paul (Sandy) Carlson, Gene (Jayne) Carlson, John M. 
2(Gail) Carlson, and Nancy (Dennis) Murry; his grandchildren, 
3Chanda (Ron) Marti, Tony (Lisa) Carlson, Arik (Kim) Carlson, 
4Andrew Carlson, Michelle (Eric) Peterson, Krista (Steve) 
5Blatt, Mike Carlson, Christy (Al) Gray, Chad Murry, and Stacey 
6(Alex) Burke; his great-grandchildren, Dakota, Marti, Kenny, 
7Tyler, Vivian, Bryce and Belle Carlson, Noah Smith, Libby 
8Blatt, Mikayla, Trevor, and Thomas Carlson, Anna and James 
9Burke, Brynn and Alexander Gray, and Joel and Noah Morstatter; 
10therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
13Raymond Burdette Carlson, and extend our sincere condolences to 
14his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
15further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to the family of Ray Carlson as an expression of our 
18deepest sympathy.