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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Calvin Franklin "Cal" Ennis, who passed 
4away on March 6, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis was born on March 7, 1925 in Alton; 
6his parents were William Zachariah and Viola Ovila Ennis; he 
7married Virginia Moody on December 20, 1947 in Alton; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis attended radio training school 
9before enlisting in the United States Navy; he served during 
10World War II aboard the USS Bluefish; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis was a member of Veterans of Foreign 
12Wars Post 1308 and enjoyed attending the weekly meetings of his 
13PTSD Group at Jefferson Barracks; he was a member of Brown 
14Street Baptist Church, where he sang in the choir and served as 
15a Deacon and a Sunday school teacher for the young married 
16couples class; as a woodworker, he volunteered his skills to 
17the church where needed, including making cabinets for the 
18church; he later became a member of Heartland Baptist Church 
19and served as an usher and built the wooden cross which hangs 
20behind the choir; he also used his woodworking skills to build 
21props for the Showtime Productions Dance Studio in Alton; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis was preceded in death by his parents; 
2his stepfather, Frederick "Joe" Burger; his sons, William 
3Dwight and Calvin Brady Ennis; his son-in-law, David Wayne 
4Laslie; and his sisters, Imogene (Ennis) Billings and Martha 
5(Burger) Cunningham; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis is survived by his wife, Virginia; 
7his daughters, Barbara J. (Ennis) Laslie and Paulette Janine 
8Ennis; his grandchildren, David Laslie (Christopher Roberts) 
9and Shaun T. (Laura) Laslie; and his great-grandchildren, 
10Caden, Alaina, and Abigail Laslie; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
13family and friends, mourn the passing of Calvin Franklin "Cal" 
14Ennis; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to the family of Calvin Ennis as an expression of our 
17sympathy.