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90_SR0120
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sympathy to the family of Gerald Rodney Cruthis
4 of Litchfield, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Gerald Rodney "Rod" Cruthis was born on August
6 18, 1946 in Litchfield, Illinois; his parents were Gerald and
7 Edith Cruthis; on December 29, 1969 he married Evelyn Sievers
8 in Valdosta, Georgia; and
9 WHEREAS, Rodney Cruthis was a graduate of Mt. Olive High
10 School; Mr. Cruthis served in the Army during the Vietnam War
11 from 1965 to 1967; and
12 WHEREAS, Rodney Cruthis and his wife operated the Wabash
13 Depot in Litchfield; before sharing a family business, he had
14 worked as a United Parcel Service driver for over seventeen
15 years; and
16 WHEREAS, Rodney Cruthis was a member of Zion Lutheran
17 Church in Litchfield; the Kessinger American Legion Post 713
18 of Sorento, Illinois; and served as shop steward for Teamster
19 Local 710 of Chicago; and
20 WHEREAS, Rodney Cruthis is survived by his loving wife
21 Evelyn; his twin sons Jerald and Joseph; his daughter Jody;
22 his stepson John Goldacker and his wife Jill; his mother
23 Edith; his brother Charles and his wife Linda; his five
24 sisters: Mary Jo and her husband Richard, Nancy and her
25 husband Thomas, Ann, Jan and her husband Robert, and Melba
26 and her husband Jerry; and his two grandchildren, Brendan and
27 Baylee Goldacker; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his
30 family and friends, the loss of Gerald Rodney "Rod" Cruthis;
31 and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Gerald Rodney Cruthis along with
3 our condolences.