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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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| learned with sadness of the death of Bob Absher of Carrier |
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| Mills on July 9, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Absher was born in Stonefort on January 10, |
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| 1925, to the late Taylor and Effie Blackman Absher; and
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| WHEREAS, He married the former Ruth Dempsey on October 16, |
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| 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a Christian and a longtime member of First |
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| United Methodist Church in Carrier Mills, where he served as |
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| chairman of the church council for many years; he was a Purple |
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| Heart Army veteran of World War II and a member of the IOOF |
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| Lodge in Harrisburg and the Comfort Rebekah Lodge 48 in Carrier |
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| Mills; he was also a member of the UMWA and retired in 1987 |
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| from the Peabody Eagle 2 mine; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, his |
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| sisters, Myrtle Bynum and Rachel Hill, and his brothers, Royal |
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| and Bill Absher; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Bob Absher is felt by all who knew |
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| and loved him, especially his wife of 62 years, Ruth; his sons, |
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| Mike and Linda Absher and Greg and Pam Absher; his |
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| grandchildren, Mike Absher Jr., Michelle Calvert, Mark Absher, |
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| and Geoffrey and Barrett Absher; his great-grandchildren, |
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| Megan and Natassia Calvert and Tyler and Madison Absher; and |
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| his nieces who were raised as his sisters, Joyce and Chuck |
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| Reeder and Carolyn and Carl Ross; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Bob Absher and extend our sincerest condolences to his family; |
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