Full Text of SR0936 98th 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 Robert E. "Bob" McGraw of Gladstone, who | 4 | | passed away on February 7, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert McGraw was born in Oquawka on February 22, | 6 | | 1931 to Clifford E. "Red" and Bertha (nee Baxter) McGraw; he | 7 | | graduated from G and O High School in 1949 and served in the | 8 | | United States Navy during the Korean War on the USS Gayety Mine | 9 | | Sweeper and the USS Hamilton Destroyer; he married Kathleen I. | 10 | | "Kate" Lewis in Gladstone on June 14, 1953; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert McGraw spent his entire 40-year career | 12 | | working at J.I. Case in Burlington, Iowa as an experimental | 13 | | technician; he joined the Gladstone Volunteer Fire Department | 14 | | in 1955, and in 1979, he helped establish the Gladstone Fire | 15 | | District, of which he served as President; he was a member of | 16 | | the Gladstone Auxiliary Police from 1979 to 2004 and a member | 17 | | of the Civil Defense Police; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Robert McGraw was a member and past post-commander | 19 | | of the Gladstone Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7082 between | 20 | | 1965 and 2000 and was active in the Honor Guard; he was a | 21 | | 54-year member and Past Master of the Oquawka Masonic Lodge | 22 | | #123; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert McGraw was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | Kathleen; his parents; his 2 sisters; his brother; and his | 3 | | grandson; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert McGraw is survived by his daughters, Donna | 5 | | K. (Mick) Albin, Patty (Gary) Wood, Kathy (Randy) Grafton, and | 6 | | Betsy (Scott) Cooper; his son, Lewis (Tammy) McGraw; his 16 | 7 | | grandchildren; his 3 great-grandchildren; his sister, Pauline | 8 | | Woods; and his brother, Bill (Pat) McGraw; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Robert E. "Bob" McGraw, and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Robert McGraw as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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