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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Ralph L. Hood of Milan, who passed away
4on September 7, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ralph Hood was born on January 30, 1945 in Biloxi,
6Mississippi; his parents were John and Alice (nee Noel) Hood;
7he married Nancy Sumner on June 29, 1973 in Rock Island; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Ralph Hood served his country as a member of the
9United States Air Force during the Vietnam era; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Ralph Hood was employed as a locomotive
11electrician for the Rock Island Railroad; he later worked in
12locomotive sales at the National Railway Equipment Company in
13Silvis; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Ralph Hood enjoyed ornithology, classical and
15opera music, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, and hunting and
16fishing; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Ralph Hood was preceded in death by his parents
18and a brother, Ronald Hood; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Ralph Hood is survived by his wife of 42 years,

 

 

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1Nancy Hood; his sisters, Joan (Jerry) Lemburg and Joyce (Jim)
2Draper; his many nieces and nephews; and his longtime family
3friend, Terry Mahon; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Ralph L. Hood; and be
7it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Ralph Hood as an expression of our
10sympathy.