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| Name | Robert V. Walsh |
| Address | 221 West North Street
Grayville, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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00, 1918
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| Died | March 19, 2011
(93 years)
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Modifed | ev
Mar 22, 2023 12:09pm |
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| Info | Robert Virgil Walsh
Year of birth is speculative. His obituary indicated he was 92 when he passed.
Former Democratic Illinois lawmaker Robert V. Walsh died Saturday at a hospital in Mount Vernon, Ill. A native of Grayville, Walsh was 92.
Elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1962, Walsh served two terms and was the principal sponsor of legislation that established the Bi-State Airport at Lawrenceville, Ill.
When Bill O'Daniel accepted a federal appointment, Walsh returned to the Legislature in 1977 to fill the remainder of O'Daniel's term. Later, Walsh traveled the country as an aide to Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell.
Walsh was a delegate to the Democratic Convention in New York City and participated in the nomination of President Jimmy Carter in 1976.
In 2008, at age 90, he attended the Democratic convention in Denver where he participated in the nomination of President Barack Obama.
A graveside memorial service for the World War II veteran will be held at 1:30 Friday at Oak Grove Cemetery in Grayville with full military honors.
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