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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Gerald R. "Jerry" Ross of Gillespie, who
4passed away on September 7, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Gerald Ross was born on February 24, 1928 in
6Carlinville; his parents were Theodore Ross and Colette
7McChesney Ross; he married Nancy Jeanne Ross on May 12, 1950 in
8Gillespie; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Gerald Ross served in the United States Navy from
101946 to 1948; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Gerald Ross retired after serving as a lab
12technician for Shell Oil for many years; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Gerald Ross was preceded in death by his parents;
14his wife, Nancy; his brother, Theodore "Bud" Ross; and his
15sister, Colette Kretsinger; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Gerald Ross is survived by his children, Jerry R.
17(Kimberly) Ross, Jeffrey M. (Lee) Ross, and Jay T. Ross (Ann
18Marie Bauer); his grandchildren, Eric (Jen) Ross, Chad (Lisa)
19Ross, Shelby Ross, Jeremy Ross, Joshua (Amanda) Ross, Jessica
20Ross, and Gary Thomas Bauer Ross; nine great-grandchildren; his

 

 

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1sister, Eugenia Taynor; and his sister-in-law, Delores Ross;
2therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
5family and friends, mourn the passing of Gerald R. "Jerry"
6Ross; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Gerald Ross as an expression of our
9sympathy.