Full Text of SR1658 99th 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 Calvin Franklin "Cal" Ennis, who passed | 4 | | away on March 6, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis was born on March 7, 1925 in Alton; | 6 | | his parents were William Zachariah and Viola Ovila Ennis; he | 7 | | married Virginia Moody on December 20, 1947 in Alton; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis attended radio training school | 9 | | before enlisting in the United States Navy; he served during | 10 | | World War II aboard the USS Bluefish; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis was a member of Veterans of Foreign | 12 | | Wars Post 1308 and enjoyed attending the weekly meetings of his | 13 | | PTSD Group at Jefferson Barracks; he was a member of Brown | 14 | | Street Baptist Church, where he sang in the choir and served as | 15 | | a Deacon and a Sunday school teacher for the young married | 16 | | couples class; as a woodworker, he volunteered his skills to | 17 | | the church where needed, including making cabinets for the | 18 | | church; he later became a member of Heartland Baptist Church | 19 | | and served as an usher and built the wooden cross which hangs | 20 | | behind the choir; he also used his woodworking skills to build | 21 | | props for the Showtime Productions Dance Studio in Alton; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 | | his stepfather, Frederick "Joe" Burger; his sons, William | 3 | | Dwight and Calvin Brady Ennis; his son-in-law, David Wayne | 4 | | Laslie; and his sisters, Imogene (Ennis) Billings and Martha | 5 | | (Burger) Cunningham; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Calvin Ennis is survived by his wife, Virginia; | 7 | | his daughters, Barbara J. (Ennis) Laslie and Paulette Janine | 8 | | Ennis; his grandchildren, David Laslie (Christopher Roberts) | 9 | | and Shaun T. (Laura) Laslie; and his great-grandchildren, | 10 | | Caden, Alaina, and Abigail Laslie; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Calvin Franklin "Cal" | 14 | | Ennis; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Calvin Ennis as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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