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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Eugene C. Salmon of Moline, who passed 
4away on August 22, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Eugene Salmon was born in Oxly, Missouri on 
6October 9, 1922 to Dewey Claude and Seattle Fern (nee Ballard) 
7Salmon; he served in combat in the Rhineland with the United 
8States Army during World War II; he married Ruby June Burkhiser 
9on December 19, 1942 in Kahoka, Missouri; and
  
 
  
10    WHEREAS, Eugene Salmon worked at the Rock Island Arsenal 
11for 32 years, retiring as a Procurement Contract Specialist in 
121975; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Eugene Salmon was a member of Doric Masonic Lodge 
14#319, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; he was an avid golfer; 
15and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Eugene Salmon was preceded in death by his wife, 
17Ruby; his daughter Pamela Murray; and his siblings, Lilliette 
18and Walter Lee Salmon; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Eugene Salmon is survived by his 3 children and 
20their spouses, Victoria and Mike Welch, Linda and Steven 
 
 
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1Musich, and Robert and Rosalie Salmon; his 9 grandchildren; his 
221 great-grandchildren; and his 3 great-great-grandchildren; 
3therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6Eugene C. Salmon, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to  the family of  Eugene Salmon as an expression of 
11our deepest sympathy.