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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
Russell Dunham of Jerseyville, who passed |
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| away on April 6, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham was born on February 23, 1920 in |
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| East Carondelet; he was the son of Ola and Dolly (Atwood) |
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| Dunham; he married the former Wilda W. Long-Bazzell on Sept. |
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| 29, 1959 in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham served in the United States Army |
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| with Company I, 30th Infantry, 3rd Division under General |
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| George Patton; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham was a recipient of the Medal of |
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| Honor, America's top military award for heroism; he earned the |
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| Medal of Honor for his actions on January 8, 1945, near |
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| Kayserberg, France, when he single-handedly knocked out three |
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| enemy machine guns with his platoon behind him; despite being |
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| shot, he spearheaded a successful diversionary attack using |
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| only his carbine and hand grenades; his courageous actions |
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| saved the lives of more than 150 American soldiers; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham retired from the Veterans |
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| Administration in 1975 after 35 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham was a member of the Alton VFW Post |
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| 1308 and AMVETS; he was also a former member of the American |
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| Legion; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham was preceded in death by his wife; |
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| his parents; his granddaughters, Katie Bazzell and Ryalynn |
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| Bell; his brothers, Marvin, Pete, Irvin, Leonard, and Ralph; |
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| and his sisters, Freida and Gladys; and
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| WHEREAS, Russell Dunham is survived by his daughter, Mary |
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| Lee Neal and her husband, Kerry; his step-daughter, Annette |
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| Wilson and her husband, Glenn; his step-son, David Bazzell; his |
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| grandchildren, Michelle (Greg) Crull, Julia (Doug) Edgar, and |
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| Kimberly (Adam) Miller; his great-grandchildren; his brothers, |
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| Jim Dunham, Floyd Dunham, and Junior; and his sisters, |
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| Josephine, Florence, and Charlotte; 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 Russell Dunham; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Russell Dunham as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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