Full Text of SR0940 100th 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 Burdette Carlson of Ottawa, who | 4 | | passed away on September 6, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ray Carlson was born in Rockford to Sven Otto and | 6 | | Ellen (Hallen) Carlson on January 2, 1917; he married Vertie | 7 | | Mae Thomas at Trinity Lutheran Church in Harvard on November | 8 | | 22, 1947; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ray Carlson worked as a farmer in the Belvidere | 10 | | area and a milkman; he sold livestock feed, and worked in auto | 11 | | part sales until he bought the Tow Path House in Ottawa, where | 12 | | he refinished furniture until the age of 95; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ray Carlson was a member of Trinity Lutheran | 14 | | Church in Ottawa, the American Legion Post #33, the Ottawa | 15 | | Moose Lodge, Odd Fellows, and The International Society of | 16 | | Apple Parer Enthusiasts; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ray Carlson was preceded in death by his wife, | 18 | | Vertie; and his siblings, William, Donald, and Wilmer Carlson, | 19 | | Audrey Meyer, Robert Johnson, and Adeline Rudeen; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ray Carlson is survived by his children, Lynn |
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| 1 | | Carlson, Paul (Sandy) Carlson, Gene (Jayne) Carlson, John M. | 2 | | (Gail) Carlson, and Nancy (Dennis) Murry; his grandchildren, | 3 | | Chanda (Ron) Marti, Tony (Lisa) Carlson, Arik (Kim) Carlson, | 4 | | Andrew Carlson, Michelle (Eric) Peterson, Krista (Steve) | 5 | | Blatt, Mike Carlson, Christy (Al) Gray, Chad Murry, and Stacey | 6 | | (Alex) Burke; his great-grandchildren, Dakota, Marti, Kenny, | 7 | | Tyler, Vivian, Bryce and Belle Carlson, Noah Smith, Libby | 8 | | Blatt, Mikayla, Trevor, and Thomas Carlson, Anna and James | 9 | | Burke, Brynn and Alexander Gray, and Joel and Noah Morstatter; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Raymond Burdette Carlson, and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Ray Carlson as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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