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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, We have learned with sadness that Mr. Joseph |
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| Raymond "Ray" Hanahan of Godfrey passed away on September 19, |
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| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Alton on May 8, 1919, the son of |
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| Harry and Nettie (Klinger) Hanahan, and graduated from |
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| Marquette Catholic High School in 1936; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Maxine "Put" Putnam in St. Louis, |
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| Missouri on June 11, 1949; she preceded him in death in 1995; |
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| he later married Dolores "Dee" Cusack in Peoria, Illinois on |
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| July 23, 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hanahan served his country during World War II |
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| as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Force; after the war, he |
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| received a degree in in chemical engineering from Washington |
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| University in St. Louis; he had a distinguished 32-year career |
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| at Shell Oil in Wood River, retiring in 1981 as head process |
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| and project engineer of the Wood River Refinery; and
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| WHEREAS, He was dedicated to his community; he was a member |
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| of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton and was active in the |
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| East End Improvement Association, an active Marquette alumnus, |
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| a past board member of the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church |
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| and School in Alton, the Mississippi Valley Garden Club, |
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| Veterans of Foreign Wars Alton Post 1308, Wood Carvers Club, |
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| Senior Services Plus, Oasis, Shell Oil Retirees breakfast group |
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| and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, a 62-year member of |
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| the Knights of Columbus Alton Council 460 and a fourth-degree |
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| member of Pere Marquette Assembly 0203 of the Knights of |
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| Columbus; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a man of faith who was |
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| dedicated to his family and friends, an avid fisherman, and an |