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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
Claude Gamble, who passed away on October |
| 4 | | 22, 2010; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble was born on January 13, 1919, in |
| 6 | | Clinton, Mississippi; he was born to the union of James Gamble |
| 7 | | and Emma Warner; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble received his formal education in |
| 9 | | Clinton and Bolton, Mississippi; he and his family lived in |
| 10 | | Jackson, Mississippi before he migrated north to Hammond, |
| 11 | | Indiana, where he continued his education; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble enlisted in the United States Army |
| 13 | | at Fort Benjamin Harris on June 10, 1941 and served until his |
| 14 | | honorable discharge on December 5, 1945; during his stint with |
| 15 | | the Army, he fought in World War II and received several |
| 16 | | military honors, including the American Defense Ribbon, the |
| 17 | | American Theater Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, the |
| 18 | | Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, and |
| 19 | | the World War II Victory Medal; during this time, he married |
| 20 | | Lucy Rogers; together, the couple had one child and raised 2 |
| 21 | | children; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After completing his service with the military, |
| 2 | | Claude Gamble returned to Hammond, Indiana and began working at |
| 3 | | Pullman and American Steele, where he retired after 25 years; |
| 4 | | he later met and married his soul mate, Dorothy Graves; the |
| 5 | | couple subsequently moved to Chicago and raised their children; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble was preceded in death by his loving |
| 8 | | wife, Dorothy; his parents; and his brothers, Deather, Willie |
| 9 | | Bee, Lucy, and Lonnie; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble is survived by his children, Willie |
| 11 | | Earl (Rosalyn), Brenda (Deloise), Sheilah, Yolanda (Keith), |
| 12 | | Keith, Kim, and Brian (Ruthie); his grandchildren, Willena, |
| 13 | | Jacquelin, Dawn, Dante, Danye, Bria, Jakobi, Kyndra, and Brooke |
| 14 | | Dakota; his 8 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Tom, Jr. and |
| 15 | | Ocie; his sister, Sarah (Eddie); his special cousin, Eddie |
| 16 | | Davis; and his buddy, Jerry Griffin; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 19 | | his family and friends, the passing of Claude Gamble; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Claude Gamble as an expression of |