Full Text of SR0345 99th 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 Riley Obenchain, Jr. of Woodstock, | 4 | | who passed away on November 30, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was born on August 5, 1927; | 6 | | he grew up in Evanston; he married his loving wife, Elaine, in | 7 | | 1957; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. attended Northwestern | 9 | | University; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. worked for National Cash | 11 | | Register before embarking on a 60 year career as an investment | 12 | | adviser on LaSalle St. in Chicago; he retired in 2008 at the | 13 | | age of 81; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was a longtime member of the | 15 | | Masons; he was also a member of the ETHS golf team and the YMCA | 16 | | Franklin Club; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was an avid 3-cushion | 18 | | billiard player; he could catch monster muskies, fell massive | 19 | | elm and oak trees, lay cement, repair and refinish antique | 20 | | furniture, and cane chairs; he had a broad knowledge of history |
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| 1 | | and the arts, especially classical music, and was a founding | 2 | | member of the Mozart Society in Woodstock and the Paradise | 3 | | Point Pickerel Club; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Obenchain, Jr. was the dearly loved husband | 5 | | of Elaine (nee Higgins); the adored father of Ralph Riley | 6 | | Obenchain, III, Edith Obenchain (James), Samuel Obenchain | 7 | | (Denise), Valerie McLeer, and Abigail Obenchain (William | 8 | | Cole); the cherished grandfather of Mason, Avery, Jax, Eli | 9 | | "Joe", Krista, Sammy, Milo, and Skyler; the brother of Gloria | 10 | | O. Russell and Nancy Obenchain; and the son of the late Ralph | 11 | | and Mabel; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 14 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ralph Riley Obenchain, | 15 | | Jr.; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Ralph Obenchain, Jr. as an | 18 | | expression of our sympathy.
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