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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Ralph Riley Obenchain, Jr. of Woodstock,
4who passed away on November 30, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was born on August 5, 1927;
6he grew up in Evanston; he married his loving wife, Elaine, in
71957; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. attended Northwestern
9University; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. worked for National Cash
11Register before embarking on a 60 year career as an investment
12adviser on LaSalle St. in Chicago; he retired in 2008 at the
13age of 81; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was a longtime member of the
15Masons; he was also a member of the ETHS golf team and the YMCA
16Franklin Club; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was an avid 3-cushion
18billiard player; he could catch monster muskies, fell massive
19elm and oak trees, lay cement, repair and refinish antique
20furniture, and cane chairs; he had a broad knowledge of history

 

 

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1and the arts, especially classical music, and was a founding
2member of the Mozart Society in Woodstock and the Paradise
3Point Pickerel Club; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was the dearly loved husband
5of Elaine (nee Higgins); the adored father of Ralph Riley
6Obenchain, III, Edith Obenchain (James), Samuel Obenchain
7(Denise), Valerie McLeer, and Abigail Obenchain (William
8Cole); the cherished grandfather of Mason, Avery, Jax, Eli
9"Joe", Krista, Sammy, Milo, and Skyler; the brother of Gloria
10O. Russell and Nancy Obenchain; and the son of the late Ralph
11and Mabel; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
14family and friends, mourn the passing of Ralph Riley Obenchain,
15Jr.; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17presented to the family of Ralph Obenchain, Jr. as an
18expression of our sympathy.