Full Text of SR1674 98th 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 H. Baahlmann, Jr. of Godfrey, who | 4 | | passed away on November 17, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. was born in St. Louis, | 6 | | Missouri on May 5, 1953 to Dr. Ralph, Sr. and Virginia "Ginny" | 7 | | (nee Gangloff) Baahlmann; he graduated from Marquette Catholic | 8 | | High School in Alton and attended Benedictine College in | 9 | | Atchison, Kansas, where he was elected freshman class | 10 | | president; during his sophomore year, he was a TV camera | 11 | | operator and hosted the campus television show; he then | 12 | | transferred to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in | 13 | | 1973 to focus on mass communications for a career in broadcast | 14 | | journalism; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1975, Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. trained to become an | 16 | | EMT-A; he was certified in Illinois and with the National | 17 | | Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; he worked at Gent | 18 | | Funeral Home, Inc. in Alton and later for Marks Mortuary in | 19 | | Wood River, where he worked the ambulance in addition to his | 20 | | other duties at the funeral home; in 1976, during his service | 21 | | at Gent Funeral Home, he was appointed as a volunteer deputy | 22 | | coroner; in 1984, he was hired as Madison County's first paid | 23 | | deputy; two years later he was hired full-time and was |
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| 1 | | appointed as chief deputy coroner; in addition to 2 longtime | 2 | | stints as chief deputy, he was a field training officer, shift | 3 | | supervisor, chief investigator, and evidence supervisor; he | 4 | | later became a board-certified diplomat of the American Board | 5 | | of Medicolegal Death Investigators; he was a 17-year | 6 | | investigator for the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. was a 20-year member of the | 8 | | Alton Exposition Commission and a deputy registrar for the | 9 | | Madison County Clerk's Office; he served on the Alton Civil | 10 | | Defense Board in the late 1970s and was a 25-year member of | 11 | | Twin Rivers Search and Rescue, where he served as president for | 12 | | 12 years; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. was a regular speaker at | 14 | | schools around the county for decades; he was a 4th Degree | 15 | | member of the Alton Knights of Columbus Council 460; he was | 16 | | also a member of the Alton-Wood River Sportsmen's Club, the | 17 | | Wood River Moose Family Center Lodge #1349, the Madison County | 18 | | Police Association, the Illinois Coroners & Medical Examiners | 19 | | Association, and the Illinois
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| 20 | | Association, where he served as its first president; he was a | 21 | | member of St. Ambrose Parish in Godfrey; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. was preceded in death by his | 23 | | parents; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. is survived by his life | 2 | | partner, Jerry Nailor; 2 sisters, Barbara M. Boyd (Dr. Tobin | 3 | | Boyd) and Nancy E. Reese (Tom); 3 brothers, Mark G. Baahlmann, | 4 | | Matthew L. Baahlmann (Teri), and John L. Baahlmann (Nancy); and | 5 | | several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Ralph H. Baahlmann, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to | 9 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Ralph Baahlmann, Jr. as an | 13 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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