Full Text of HR0898 95th General Assembly
HR0898 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Alfred Kinsey of Marion, who passed away on January 8, 2008; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was born on July 22, 1925 in | 7 |
| Gideon, Missouri; his parents were William and Mary (Buttrum) | 8 |
| Kinsey; he married Freeda Shelby on December 23, 1942 in | 9 |
| Morley, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was a veteran of the United | 11 |
| States Army during World War II; he was the recipient of the | 12 |
| EAME Campaign Medal, three Bronze Stars, and the Purple Heart, | 13 |
| which he received from wounds he received in action east of the | 14 |
| Rhine River in Germany on March 24, 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was a retired farmer and | 16 |
| maintenance worker at Southern Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was a member of Cana Baptist | 18 |
| Church; and
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| WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey was preceded in death by his | 20 |
| parents; his brothers, Raymond and Alonzo Kinsey; his sisters, |
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| Cleo Gray, Nellie Austin, and Hazel Lambert; and his two infant | 2 |
| siblings; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, William Alfred Kinsey is survived by his wife | 4 |
| Freeda; his sons, Neal Wayne (Linda) Kinsey, William "Bill" | 5 |
| (Marsha) Kinsey, Daniel (Cynthia) Kinsey, Steven (Michelle) | 6 |
| Kinsey, and Andy Kinsey; his daughters, Judy (Tom) Strickland, | 7 |
| Karen (Jerry) Rowland, Sandis (Bruce) Parks, Paula (Kenneth) | 8 |
| Kelly, Debra (Michael) Blumenstock, Sheila (Gary) Harris, and | 9 |
| Dana (Curtis) Wharton; his 29 grandchildren and 30 | 10 |
| great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Florence Cato and LaVern | 11 |
| McCain; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 15 |
| William Alfred Kinsey; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of William Alfred Kinsey as an | 18 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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