Bill Text: IL SR0012 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Glen David Gray of Wood River.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0012 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0012-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Glen David Gray of Wood River, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on December 31, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Glen Gray was born in Alton to Jacob Ansell and | ||||||
6 | Helen (Ferrell) Gray on November 21, 1946; he married Janice L. | ||||||
7 | Boswell at Bethel Free Will Baptist church in South Roxana on | ||||||
8 | October 16, 1965; he served in the United States Army as an | ||||||
9 | Engineer-Atomic Demolitions Expert during the Vietnam War; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Following his service, Glen Gray worked at the | ||||||
11 | McDonnell Douglas Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri; he attended | ||||||
12 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1970 for his | ||||||
13 | associate's degree in Mortuary Science and co-founded the Gray | ||||||
14 | Funeral Home in Wood River with his family in 1978, of which he | ||||||
15 | was a part for 38 years; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Glen Gray was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
17 | his daughter, Clark Ann Gingerich; his brother, Laren A. Gray; | ||||||
18 | and his brothers-in-law, David Smith, and Royall and Rodney | ||||||
19 | Hannis; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Glen Gray is survived by a son and | ||||||
21 | daughter-in-law, Stephen Ansell, and Denise Michele |
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1 | (McClintock) Gray; his son-in-law, Steve Gingerich; his | ||||||
2 | grandchildren, Jacob Ansell, Caleb Michael, Hannah Kimberley, | ||||||
3 | and Levi Stephen Gray; his sisters, Karen Smith, and Susan | ||||||
4 | Gray; his sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Debbie Gray, | ||||||
5 | Doyle and Faye Stegall, and Gladys Hannis; and many nieces, | ||||||
6 | nephews, great-nephews, and great-great-nephews; therefore, be | ||||||
7 | it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
10 | Glen David Gray, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
11 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
12 | further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Glen Gray as an expression of our | ||||||
15 | deepest sympathy.
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