Bill Text: IL SR0820 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Sidney Peter Ross Jr. of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0820-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 Sidney Peter Ross Jr. of Peoria, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 5, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born on April 10, 1944, in Peoria, to Ruth | ||||||
| 6 | Jones and Sidney Ross Sr.; he married Martha Marie Chew on | ||||||
| 7 | September 20, 1980; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, He was a graduate of Spalding Academy; after high | ||||||
| 9 | school, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served | ||||||
| 10 | proudly from 1964 to 1968; upon receiving an honorable | ||||||
| 11 | discharge, he eagerly transferred into a Naval Reserve Command | ||||||
| 12 | for another 2 years of service; he later attended Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Central College; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He retired in 2009 after 38 years of service to | ||||||
| 15 | Caterpillar Inc., where he had been a member of United Auto | ||||||
| 16 | Workers Local 974; he was a member of St. Martin De Porres | ||||||
| 17 | Catholic Church, now known as St. Joseph; he was a family man | ||||||
| 18 | who loved his wife, children, grandchildren, and | ||||||
| 19 | great-grandchildren; he avidly supported his wife in her | ||||||
| 20 | community efforts and loved watching the Food Network channel | ||||||
| 21 | and baseball; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | ||||||
| 2 | grandmother who raised him, Lucille Jones; his brothers, Ural | ||||||
| 3 | Jackson and Edward Jackson; and his sister, Dorothy Walker; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Sidney Ross Jr. leaves to cherish his most | ||||||
| 5 | precious memories: his loving and devoted wife, Martha Ross; | ||||||
| 6 | his daughters, Wondra Pie, Alzevette (Howard) Williams, and | ||||||
| 7 | Sidney C. Ross; his grandchildren, Tanieka, Raymond, Tiffani, | ||||||
| 8 | Brittani, Howard Jr., Quilo, and Bryson; his | ||||||
| 9 | great-grandchildren, Edmond, Eliyah, Julianna, and Evonne; his | ||||||
| 10 | niece, Shirley K. Walker; his nephew, Benjamin Walker; and a | ||||||
| 11 | host of other cousins, nieces, nephews, family, and friends; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | his family and friends, the passing of Sidney Ross, Jr.; and be | ||||||
| 16 | it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Sidney Ross Jr. as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 19 | sincere sympathy.
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