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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 Eugene Butler of Alton, who passed 
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away on May 9, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on September 8, 1927, in Alton, to 
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William and Ella (Barton) Butler; he married Lorene Butler on 
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October 14, 1950, in Alton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a United States Army prisoner of war during 
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the Korean Conflict; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He worked as a warehouseman at the Granite City 
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Army Depot for twenty years, retiring in 1976; he was a member 
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of 1308 Ex P.O.W. Club in Okawville and an Ex P.O.W. lifetime 
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member; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his 
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sister, Lillian Little; his brother, Tom Butler; his grandson, 
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Charles Knight; his granddaughter, Shawna Shaw; and his 
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sons-in-law, Charles M. Knight and Clarence W. Shaw; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ralph Butler is survived by his wife, Lorene; his 
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daughters and son-in-law, Deborah and Robert Ruckman and Helen 
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Shaw; his sons and daughter-in-law, Michael Eugene and 
 


 






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Elizabeth Butler and William Cecil and Anne Butler; his 
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grandchildren, Tiffany Moore, Keri Knight, Chad Knight, Cory 
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Knight, and Joshua Shaw; his ten great-grandchildren; and his 
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sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Carl McKenzie; therefore, 
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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 Butler; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Ralph Butler as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.