Full Text of SR0572 97th 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 Ralph M. "Mike" Martin of Aurora, who | 4 | | passed away on December 22, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on October 5, 1944 in Aurora; he | 6 | | proudly served in the United States Marine Corp and graduated | 7 | | from Wabaunsee Community College in 1976 with an Associates | 8 | | Degree in Criminal Justice; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He had a long career as a Sergeant for the Aurora | 10 | | Police Department from 1967 to 1999; after retiring he went on | 11 | | to work for Kane County in the Court Security Division and then | 12 | | as security officer for several years at the Illinois Math and | 13 | | Science Academy; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, His joys in life were playing golf, softball, and | 15 | | cards with his friends; he served on the Aurora Police Pension | 16 | | Fund Board for 8 years and was is a lifetime member of the | 17 | | Police Benevolent and Protective Association and the Fraternal | 18 | | Order of Police; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph M. | 20 | | and Mary (McDonald) Martin Sr; his in-laws, Worley and Alice | 21 | | (Weber) Goodlet; his paternal grandparents, Fred and Elizabeth |
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| 1 | | (Hennen) Martin; and his maternal grandparents, William and | 2 | | Eliza (Roderfer) McDonald; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Martin is survived by his wife of 45 years | 4 | | Janet (Goodlet) Martin; his son, Scott (Teresa) Martin; his | 5 | | daughter, Virginia (Jeremy) Eisenberg; his granddaughter, | 6 | | Ashlee Martin; his step-grandson, Jordly Arreola; his | 7 | | brothers, Fred (Elaine) Martin, James (Dory) Martin, Richard | 8 | | (Maria) Martin, and Tony Martin; his brother-in-law, Dennis | 9 | | (Donna) Goodlet; his niece and several nephews; and his best | 10 | | buddy, his dog Max; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ralph Martin; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Ralph Martin as a symbol of our | 17 | | sincere sympathy.
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