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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
William 
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Alfred Kinsey of Marion, who passed away on January 8, 2008; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was born on July 22, 1925 in 
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Gideon, Missouri; his parents were William and Mary (Buttrum) 
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Kinsey; he married Freeda Shelby on December 23, 1942 in 
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Morley, Missouri; and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was a veteran of the United 
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States Army during World War II; he was the recipient of  the 
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EAME Campaign Medal, three Bronze Stars, and the Purple Heart, 
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which he received from wounds he received in action east of the 
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Rhine River in Germany on March 24, 1945; and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was a retired farmer and 
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maintenance worker at Southern Illinois University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was a member of Cana Baptist 
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Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was preceded in death by his 
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parents; his brothers, Raymond and Alonzo Kinsey; his sisters, 
 


 






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Cleo Gray, Nellie Austin, and Hazel Lambert; and his two infant 
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siblings; and
 
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    WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey is survived by his wife 
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Freeda; his sons,  Neal Wayne (Linda) Kinsey, William "Bill" 
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(Marsha) Kinsey, Daniel (Cynthia) Kinsey, Steven (Michelle) 
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Kinsey, and Andy Kinsey; his daughters, Judy (Tom) Strickland, 
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Karen (Jerry) Rowland, Sandis (Bruce) Parks, Paula (Kenneth) 
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Kelly, Debra (Michael) Blumenstock, Sheila (Gary) Harris, and 
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Dana (Curtis) Wharton; his 29 grandchildren and 30 
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great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Florence Cato and LaVern 
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McCain; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of 
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William Alfred Kinsey; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of William Alfred Kinsey as an 
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expression of our sympathy.