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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Clarence N. Kulp of Alton, who passed 
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away on March 12, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp was born on September 15, 1913, in 
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Alton; his parents were Henry and Helena (Held) Kulp; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He graduated from Marquette Catholic High School 
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in 1932, in the first graduating class to complete all four 
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years at the school; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp was a staff sergeant in the United 
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States Army during World War II, serving in the Seventh 
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Division in the Philippines, Marshall Islands, and the Aleutian 
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Islands; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp married the former Martha Ryan on 
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May 1, 1948, in Alton; he worked at the Princess Theater on 
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Broadway in Alton and later at the Grand Theater in Alton, 
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where he retired as manager after 40 years of service; he was a 
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member of the Alton Knights of Columbus and the VFW Post 1308; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Clarence Kulp is survived by his wife, Martha; his 
 


 






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daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy L. and Don Williams and Mary 
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H. and Robert Longenecker; his son and daughter-in-law, Larry 
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and Judy Kulp; his grandchildren and their spouses, Lisa and 
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Mike Loncaric, Christopher and Christi Williams, Andrew and 
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Wendy Kulp, Jennifer and Mark Miller, Lindsay and Matt Waters, 
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and Julie, Kari, and Patrick Longenecker; his great-grandsons; 
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his sister, Lucille Schulte; and his brother and sister-in-law, 
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Robert and Mildred Kulp; he was preceded in death by his 
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parents; his brother, Harry Kulp; and his sisters, Rose Eppel, 
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Bertha Schattner, and Helen Bierk; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Clarence Kulp; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Clarence Kulp as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.