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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of
Gorden G. Gass of Granite City, who |
| 4 | | passed away on September 17, 2010; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass was born on February 11, 1929, in |
| 6 | | Virden; he married Mary Jane Brugger on January 24, 1959, in |
| 7 | | Woodriver; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass proudly served his country as a member |
| 9 | | of the United States Army's 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th |
| 10 | | Infantry Division during the Korean War; he received a Purple |
| 11 | | Heart for injuries sustained on July 9, 1952, in the Chor'wan |
| 12 | | Valley while assaulting an enemy machine gun position and |
| 13 | | recovered from those wounds at the Walter Reed Medical Center |
| 14 | | in Washington D.C.; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass worked as a farmer in the Granite City |
| 16 | | area since the 1950s; he served as a board member of the |
| 17 | | Madison Service Company; he was a member of the Farm Bureau for |
| 18 | | more than 60 years; he served on the Madison County Ditch and |
| 19 | | Drainage Committee as a Commissioner; he also served on the |
| 20 | | University of Illinois Extension Council; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass was a member of American Legion Post |
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| 1 | | 199 of Edwardsville and the Sons of the American Revolution; |
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass held a pilot license for more than 20 |
| 4 | | years and enjoyed his days of flying; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass was preceded in death by his parents, |
| 6 | | Clyde R. Gass and Lillian K., nee Smith, Gass; his brothers, |
| 7 | | Clyde Gass, Robert Gass, Kenneth Gass, William Gass, and |
| 8 | | Richard Gass; his sisters, Doris McNaughton, Helen Felts, and |
| 9 | | Ruth Wilson; and his son-in-law, Rick Harvey; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gorden Gass is survived by his wife, Mary Jane, |
| 11 | | nee Brugger, Gass; his son, Jeff Gass; his daughters, Marilyn |
| 12 | | Harvey and Linda (Patrick) Burgess; his sister, Esther Quinn; |
| 13 | | and his many extended family members and friends; therefore, be |
| 14 | | it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 17 | | his family and friends, the passing of Gorden G. Gass; and be |
| 18 | | it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Gorden Gass as an expression of our |
| 21 | | sympathy.
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