SR2129LRB099 22729 MST 50160 r

1
SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Howard Ray "Rosie" Holladay Sr. of East
4Moline, who passed away on May 18, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was born in Conesville, Iowa
6to Floyd and Velma Strong Holladay on September 16, 1925; he
7grew up in Muscatine, Iowa; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. joined the United States
9Marines in June of 1943; he served over two years in the Second
10Marine Division in the South Pacific during World War II; he
11was stationed in Nagasaki, Japan for over three months,
12following the dropping of the atomic bomb; he was honorably
13discharged as a Corporal in January of 1946; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. married Wilma Ann Webb at the
15Spangler Chapel in Muscatine on June 30, 1973; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was a heavy equipment operator
17with Rock Island Local 537; he also farmed in Illinois City;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was a past master of Norwood
20Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 622 in Norwood,

 

 

SR2129- 2 -LRB099 22729 MST 50160 r

1Missouri; he was a past Worthy Patron of Norwood Eastern Star
2and was a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge; he was a member
3of American Legion Post 27 in Muscatine, Iowa and the VFW Post
4in Rock Island; he enjoyed traveling with his wife and fishing
5in Arkansas; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. was preceded in death by his
7wife, Wilma; his parents; his sisters, Doris Middagh and
8Geraldine Middagh; his brothers, Clyde, Floyd A., Kenneth, and
9Jack Holladay; and his granddaughter, Mandy; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Howard Holladay Sr. is survived by his children,
11Howard (Terri) Holladay Jr., Henry (Kathy) Holladay, Tim
12Holladay, and Mindy Baker; his stepdaughters, Madelyn
13(Michael) Doyle, Georgia Hoover, Nancy Gurney, and Vivian
14(William) Schmelzer; his grandchildren, Ryan, Teresa, Amy,
15Lindsey, and Jakab; nine great-grandchildren; and several
16step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; therefore, be
17it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
20Howard Ray "Rosie" Holladay Sr., and extend our sincere
21condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
22him; and be it further
 

 

 

SR2129- 3 -LRB099 22729 MST 50160 r

1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Howard Holladay Sr. as an expression
3of our deepest sympathy.