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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were saddened to learn of the death of Ronald L. Graffouliere |
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| of Galesburg on November 27, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born September 22, 1911 in Galesburg, to |
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| Louis F. and Nellie Mabel Bryant Graffouliere; he married |
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| Elizabeth (Betty) A. Huckstep in Raytown, Missouri on December |
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| 14, 1946; she preceded him in death on April 28, 1985; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 1929 graduate of Galesburg High School |
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| and a 1933 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan College; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Graffouliere served four years during World |
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| War II in the Air Force and Chemical Warfare Branch in the |
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| United States and Asiatic Theatres with the rank of captain; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He worked 36 years in the wholesale and retail |
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| shoe business in the offices of Florsheim Shoe Company in |
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| Chicago, and he later worked 3 years as a Sales Representative |
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| for the Brown Shoe Company in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; he worked |
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| for 3 years as administrator of the War Veterans Division for |
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| the University of Illinois Galesburg Branch; he was a partner |
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| for 23 years with Harold "Dutch" Rogers for Rogers Shoes in |
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| downtown Galesburg, retiring in 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church |
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| in Galesburg where he served as an elder, a trustee, and |
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| deacon; he was a member of the Masonic Lodges, including Vesper |
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| Masonic Lodge 584 AF & AM of Galesburg, Scottish Rite |
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| Consistory of Moline, and Mohammed Shrine of Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ronald L. Graffouliere will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his son, Stephen L. |
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