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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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