Full Text of SR1015 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Claude Gamble, who passed away on October | 4 | | 22, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble was born on January 13, 1919, in | 6 | | Clinton, Mississippi; he was born to the union of James Gamble | 7 | | and Emma Warner; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble received his formal education in | 9 | | Clinton and Bolton, Mississippi; he and his family lived in | 10 | | Jackson, Mississippi before he migrated north to Hammond, | 11 | | Indiana, where he continued his education; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble enlisted in the United States Army | 13 | | at Fort Benjamin Harris on June 10, 1941 and served until his | 14 | | honorable discharge on December 5, 1945; during his stint with | 15 | | the Army, he fought in World War II and received several | 16 | | military honors, including the American Defense Ribbon, the | 17 | | American Theater Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, the | 18 | | Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, and | 19 | | the World War II Victory Medal; during this time, he married | 20 | | Lucy Rogers; together, the couple had one child and raised 2 | 21 | | children; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After completing his service with the military, | 2 | | Claude Gamble returned to Hammond, Indiana and began working at | 3 | | Pullman and American Steele, where he retired after 25 years; | 4 | | he later met and married his soul mate, Dorothy Graves; the | 5 | | couple subsequently moved to Chicago and raised their children; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble was preceded in death by his loving | 8 | | wife, Dorothy; his parents; and his brothers, Deather, Willie | 9 | | Bee, Lucy, and Lonnie; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Claude Gamble is survived by his children, Willie | 11 | | Earl (Rosalyn), Brenda (Deloise), Sheilah, Yolanda (Keith), | 12 | | Keith, Kim, and Brian (Ruthie); his grandchildren, Willena, | 13 | | Jacquelin, Dawn, Dante, Danye, Bria, Jakobi, Kyndra, and Brooke | 14 | | Dakota; his 8 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Tom, Jr. and | 15 | | Ocie; his sister, Sarah (Eddie); his special cousin, Eddie | 16 | | Davis; and his buddy, Jerry Griffin; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 | | his family and friends, the passing of Claude Gamble; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Claude Gamble as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our sympathy.
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