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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Ralph Spencer of Gillespie, who passed |
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| away on March 7, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer was born on February 15, 1921 in |
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| Womak, near Carlinville; he was the son of Jesse H. and Mayme |
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| Spencer; he married Faye Coffey on February 15, 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer graduated from Carlinville High |
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| School in 1940; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer and his wife had a long and |
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| distinguished career as purebred Duroc breeders; over the |
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| years, the pair sold purebred Durocs in 40 states and in over |
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| 50 countries; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer was the recipient of numerous awards |
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| and accolades for his work; in 1983, he received the Illinois |
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| Seedstock Producer Award; he was inducted into the Illinois |
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| Swine Producer's Hall of Fame in 1996 in recognition of his |
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| life-long dedication to the Illinois purebred industry; on |
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| August 17, 1998, "Ralph Spencer Day" was proclaimed by the |
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| Governor in recognition of his 60 years of exhibitions at the |
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| Illinois State Fair; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer was a member of numerous |
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| organizations, including 4-H, the Macoupin County Fair Board, |
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| the Macoupin County Pork Producers, the Illinois Duroc |
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| Association, and the Illinois Pork Producer Association Board |
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| of Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer was preceded in death by his parents |
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| and his brothers, Donald and William; and
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| WHEREAS, Ralph Spencer is survived by his wife; his |
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| daughter, Judy Spencer Dona and her husband, John; his son, |
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| Jack Spencer and his wife, Betty; his sisters, Frances Barnes |
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| and Mary Clark; his brother, Richard Spencer; his |
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| grandchildren, Jackie Spencer, Jeffrey Spencer Dona and his |
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| wife, Charlotte, Christy Spencer-Mull, Steven Spencer and his |
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| wife, Tori, Jamie Dona, and John Dona; and his |
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| great-grandchildren, Breanne and Carissa Mull and Katlyn and |
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| Nathan Spencer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Ralph Spencer; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |