Full Text of SR0652 101st 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 Raymond Clarence "Ray" Knuckles of | 4 | | Bloomington, who passed away on August 22, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles was born in Wing to James C. and | 6 | | Alice Helen Wright Knuckles on June 23, 1919; he served in the | 7 | | United States Army during World War II, where he obtained the | 8 | | rank of lieutenant colonel and was the recipient of two Purple | 9 | | Hearts and two Bronze Stars; he earned a Bachelor of Science | 10 | | from the University of Illinois; he married Mary Earle Marsh at | 11 | | Camp Claiborne, Louisiana on May 10, 1942; she preceded him in | 12 | | death; he married Betty Wilson Strouse in Bloomington on | 13 | | September 11, 1964; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles worked at Bloomington Federal | 15 | | Savings & Loan, where he was vice president of appraisals; he | 16 | | retired in 1984; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles was a member of the Second | 18 | | Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, where he was a former | 19 | | elder; he was a member of the Bloomington Exchange Club; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles was preceded in death by his parents | 21 | | and his sisters, Beatrice Spafford and Janice Bowers; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles is survived by his wife, Betty; his | 2 | | children, Jeffry J. (Barbara) Knuckles and Julia Rae (John) | 3 | | Fetter; his stepchildren, Debra Sue (Jimmy) Maruskin, Linda Jo | 4 | | Strouse, and Roger L. Strouse; his seven grandchildren; his two | 5 | | great-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren and | 6 | | step-great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Raymond Clarence "Ray" Knuckles and extend our sincere | 10 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 11 | | him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Ray Knuckles as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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