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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 regret of the death of Edwin H. Callison Sr. of |
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| Belleville at the age of 74 on October 15, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 31, 1930 in East St. Louis, the |
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| son of Olin H. and Louis B. Callison; and
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| WHEREAS, He was president of Callison Wholesale Liquor |
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| Company in Belleville, and was a longtime board member of The |
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| Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America and The Wine and |
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| Spirits Distributors of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1948, |
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| and attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a |
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| member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an Army veteran who served during the |
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| Korean Conflict; he served as a first lieutenant from 1951 to |
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| 1954 in the field artillery; he then served in the Reserve from |
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| 1954 to 1967, attaining the rank of major; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the St. Clair Lodge 24 A.F. & |
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| A.M.; Scottish Rite Bodies; Ainad Shrine; Belleville Rotary; |
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| Elks Lodge BPOE 481; St. Clair Country Club; and Wyndemere |
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| Country Club in Naples, Florida; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by a daughter, Lynn S. |
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| Callison; and his parents, Olin H. and Louis B. Callison; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Edwin H. Callison Sr. will be felt |
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| by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Shirley W. |
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| Callison; his son, Edwin H. (Allyson) Callison Jr.; his |
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| brother, William B. (Nancy) Callison; and his grandchildren, |
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| Hamilton, Anne and Cary Callison; therefore, be it
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