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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with great sadness of the death of Ralph H. Ricketts of |
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| Mt. Vernon on Wednesday, April 7, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph H. Ricketts was born October 27, 1926 in |
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| Hartsville, Indiana to William Ricketts and Mildred (Nighbert) |
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| Brown; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ricketts valiantly served his country during |
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| World War II in the U.S. Army; he served with the 82nd Airborne |
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| as a paratrooper in the Philippines; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ricketts married Cheryl Paul on December 28, |
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| 1948 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Davenport, |
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| Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his retirement, Mr. Ricketts was Senior |
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| Vice President at Davenport Bank and Trust Company; he served |
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| on the Board of Governors for the Diocese of Las Cruces, New |
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| Mexico, worked for many years with the prison ministry, was |
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| actively involved in charities for fund raising for Catholic |
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| churches in Las Cruces and Davenport, and was a member of the |
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| Elks Club; he was an avid supporter of the Indiana Hoosiers |
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| basketball and loved golf; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Ricketts has been deeply felt |
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| by many, especially his wife, Cheryl; his daughters and their |
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| spouses, Karen and Calvin Hileman, Laura and Richard Norton, |
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| Anne and Matthew Blunk, and Mary K. Brent; his sons and their |
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| spouses, John and Barbara Ricketts, Jeffrey and Veronica |
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| Ricketts, Randy Ricketts, and Matthew and Michelle Ricketts; |
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| his 26 grandchildren; and his 7 great-grandchildren; |
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| therefore, be it
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