SR0109 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Clarence N. Kulp of Alton, who passed away on March 12, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp was born on September 15, 1913, in Alton; his parents were Henry and Helena (Held) Kulp; and

WHEREAS, He graduated from Marquette Catholic High School in 1932, in the first graduating class to complete all four years at the school; and

WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp was a staff sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, serving in the Seventh Division in the Philippines, Marshall Islands, and the Aleutian Islands; and

WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp married the former Martha Ryan on May 1, 1948, in Alton; he worked at the Princess Theater on Broadway in Alton and later at the Grand Theater in Alton, where he retired as manager after 40 years of service; he was a member of the Alton Knights of Columbus and the VFW Post 1308; and

WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp is survived by his wife, Martha; his daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy L. and Don Williams and Mary H. and Robert Longenecker; his son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Judy Kulp; his grandchildren and their spouses, Lisa and Mike Loncaric, Christopher and Christi Williams, Andrew and Wendy Kulp, Jennifer and Mark Miller, Lindsay and Matt Waters, and Julie, Kari, and Patrick Longenecker; his great-grandsons; his sister, Lucille Schulte; and his brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Mildred Kulp; he was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Harry Kulp; and his sisters, Rose Eppel, Bertha Schattner, and Helen Bierk; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Clarence Kulp; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Clarence Kulp as a symbol of our sympathy.