Bill Text: IL SR0652 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Raymond Clarence "Ray" Knuckles of Bloomington.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0652 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0652-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 Raymond Clarence "Ray" Knuckles of | ||||||
| 4 | Bloomington, who passed away on August 22, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles was born in Wing to James C. and | ||||||
| 6 | Alice Helen Wright Knuckles on June 23, 1919; he served in the | ||||||
| 7 | United States Army during World War II, where he obtained the | ||||||
| 8 | rank of lieutenant colonel and was the recipient of two Purple | ||||||
| 9 | Hearts and two Bronze Stars; he earned a Bachelor of Science | ||||||
| 10 | from the University of Illinois; he married Mary Earle Marsh at | ||||||
| 11 | Camp Claiborne, Louisiana on May 10, 1942; she preceded him in | ||||||
| 12 | death; he married Betty Wilson Strouse in Bloomington on | ||||||
| 13 | September 11, 1964; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles worked at Bloomington Federal | ||||||
| 15 | Savings & Loan, where he was vice president of appraisals; he | ||||||
| 16 | retired in 1984; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles was a member of the Second | ||||||
| 18 | Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, where he was a former | ||||||
| 19 | elder; he was a member of the Bloomington Exchange Club; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 21 | and his sisters, Beatrice Spafford and Janice Bowers; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Ray Knuckles is survived by his wife, Betty; his | ||||||
| 2 | children, Jeffry J. (Barbara) Knuckles and Julia Rae (John) | ||||||
| 3 | Fetter; his stepchildren, Debra Sue (Jimmy) Maruskin, Linda Jo | ||||||
| 4 | Strouse, and Roger L. Strouse; his seven grandchildren; his two | ||||||
| 5 | great-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren and | ||||||
| 6 | step-great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Raymond Clarence "Ray" Knuckles and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 10 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 11 | him; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Ray Knuckles as an expression of our | ||||||
| 14 | deepest sympathy.
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