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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Ray A. Young of Cambridge, who passed
4 away on November 22, 2024; and
5 WHEREAS, Ray Young, the son of Marion A. and Violet G.
6 Howard Young, was born in Gamaliel, Arkansas on December 29,
7 1928; he served as an infantry rifleman in the U. S. Army in
8 Korea from 1950 to 1953; he married Isabelle Kapple at
9 Cambridge United Methodist Church on November 1, 1958, and she
10 preceded him in death on February 5, 2021; and
11 WHEREAS, Ray Young worked as a farmhand in rural Cambridge
12 before becoming a tractor-trailer driver for Johnson Brothers
13 for four years and then for Red Swanson for four years; he
14 worked as a mechanic at Rishel & Son Implement in Cambridge for
15 nine years; he then became supervisor of environmental
16 services at the Henry County Courthouse for 23 years, retiring
17 in 2001; and
18 WHEREAS, Ray Young was a member of Cambridge United
19 Methodist Church and the former Cambridge American Legion Post
20 No. 417, and he enjoyed traveling and woodworking; and
21 WHEREAS, Ray Young was preceded in death by his parents;
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1 five brothers; a sister; his grandmother, Mary Howard; and his
2 uncle, Eldon Howard; and
3 WHEREAS, Ray Young is survived by his daughter, Lori (Ed)
4 Dole, and his sisters, Louise Fix and Ada Shain; therefore, be
5 it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
8 Ray A. Young and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
9 friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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