Full Text of SR0685 93rd General Assembly
SR0685 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, We have learned with sadness that Mr. Joseph | 3 |
| Raymond "Ray" Hanahan of Godfrey passed away on September 19, | 4 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Alton on May 8, 1919, the son of | 6 |
| Harry and Nettie (Klinger) Hanahan, and graduated from | 7 |
| Marquette Catholic High School in 1936; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Maxine "Put" Putnam in St. Louis, | 9 |
| Missouri on June 11, 1949; she preceded him in death in 1995; | 10 |
| he later married Dolores "Dee" Cusack in Peoria, Illinois on | 11 |
| July 23, 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hanahan served his country during World War II | 13 |
| as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Force; after the war, he | 14 |
| received a degree in in chemical engineering from Washington | 15 |
| University in St. Louis; he had a distinguished 32-year career | 16 |
| at Shell Oil in Wood River, retiring in 1981 as head process | 17 |
| and project engineer of the Wood River Refinery; and
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| WHEREAS, He was dedicated to his community; he was a member | 19 |
| of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton and was active in the | 20 |
| East End Improvement Association, an active Marquette alumnus, | 21 |
| a past board member of the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church | 22 |
| and School in Alton, the Mississippi Valley Garden Club, | 23 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Alton Post 1308, Wood Carvers Club, | 24 |
| Senior Services Plus, Oasis, Shell Oil Retirees breakfast group | 25 |
| and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, a 62-year member of | 26 |
| the Knights of Columbus Alton Council 460 and a fourth-degree | 27 |
| member of Pere Marquette Assembly 0203 of the Knights of | 28 |
| Columbus; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a man of faith who was | 30 |
| dedicated to his family and friends, an avid fisherman, and an |
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| accomplished artist and craftsman; and
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| WHEREAS, The death of Mr. Hanahan is a great loss to his | 3 |
| family and friends, especially his wife, Dolores; his son and | 4 |
| daughter-in-law, Joe and Mary Hanahan; his daughter, Mary | 5 |
| Pulford; his grandchildren, Mangan Pulford, Joe Pulford, Mike | 6 |
| Hanahan, and Sara Hanahan; and his large extended family and | 7 |
| many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our profound | 10 |
| sorrow at the death of Joseph Raymond "Ray" Hanahan, that we | 11 |
| offer our heartfelt sympathy to his family, and that we join | 12 |
| his many friends in honoring his memory; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Mr. Hanahan with our sincere | 15 |
| condolences.
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