Full Text of SR1031 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Ralph S. Larson of Hinsdale, who passed | 4 | | away on October 7, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born July 30, 1926 in Brookings, South | 6 | | Dakota, the son of Walter S. and Isabella M. (Pigott) Larson; | 7 | | he grew up on a dairy farm with a round barn in rural Sycamore, | 8 | | attending Lovell's Crossing one-room school and Sycamore High | 9 | | School, graduating in 1944 with the nickname "Round Barn | 10 | | Larson"; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, After a stint in the Army Air Corps in the waning | 12 | | days of World War II, he attended Northern Illinois State | 13 | | Teachers College (now Northern Illinois University); during | 14 | | his years at Northern, he found time to letter in track and | 15 | | serve as head kitchen boy in girls' dorm Williston Hall, where | 16 | | he met the love of his life, Norma Beuter; after graduation, | 17 | | they were married on August 19, 1950 in Chicago and celebrated | 18 | | their 60th wedding anniversary this summer; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He chose the classroom over the cows, working most | 20 | | of his 38-year career in the Hinsdale elementary school | 21 | | district; after teaching junior high woodshop, P.E., and | 22 | | serving as a counselor, he served as principal of Prospect |
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| 1 | | Elementary and Hinsdale Junior High School for over 25 years; | 2 | | he retired in 1985 and moved to Lake Mills, Wisconsin, where he | 3 | | and his wife built their dream home on the shores of Rock Lake; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was a faithful and involved member of Lake | 6 | | Mills United Methodist Church, serving in several leadership | 7 | | capacities; he was a key member of the Rotary Club, where he | 8 | | was designated a Paul Harris Fellow; he was a volunteer at Fort | 9 | | Atkinson Memorial Hospital; and he was board president of the | 10 | | Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity; he enjoyed woodworking | 11 | | and reading, boat rides on the lake, grilling anything; and | 12 | | being a wonderful husband, father, Papa, and good neighbor to | 13 | | all; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and | 15 | | brother-in-law, John Beuter; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Larson is survived by his wife, Norma; his | 17 | | sons, Jay (Mary Jo), Kent (Kathleen), and Ned (Elizabeth); his | 18 | | grandchildren, Camille (Rick), Ryan, Stephanie (Matt), Jimmy, | 19 | | Amanda, Isabel, Brian, and Peter; his great-grandchildren, Mia | 20 | | and Flynn; his brother, Raymond L. (Carol) Larson; his | 21 | | sisters-in-law, Nada (Gordon) Geddes and Jill Beuter; and | 22 | | numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ralph Larson; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Ralph Larson as a symbol of our | 7 | | sincere sympathy.
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