Full Text of SR0411 95th General Assembly
SR0411 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Dr. Maurice R. Hill of Edwardsville, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 12, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Maurice R. Hill was born June 4, 1919, in | 6 |
| Granite City; he attended Webster Elementary School and Granite | 7 |
| City Community High School; he also attended St. Louis | 8 |
| University undergraduate school and St. Louis University | 9 |
| School of Dentistry, where he graduated in 1943; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Hill was a captain in the United States Army | 11 |
| during World War II, and served as a dentist in field hospitals | 12 |
| in Europe; in 1942 he married Rita V. Kelahan at St. Theresa | 13 |
| Church in St. Louis; and in 1949 he moved his family to | 14 |
| Edwardsville, where he started his dental practice; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Hill retired from his dental practice in 1992; | 16 |
| he was a past president of the Madison District Dental Society; | 17 |
| he was a long time member of St. Boniface Parish in | 18 |
| Edwardsville and the Knights of Columbus; he enjoyed gardening, | 19 |
| baseball, bowling, horseracing, and fly fishing; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Hill was preceded in death by his wife, Rita | 21 |
| V. Hill; his parents, Rolland and Cecelia, nee Lux, Hill; a |
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| sister, Eileen (Bob) Watt; a daughter-in-law, Penelope A., nee | 2 |
| Thatcher, Hill; and a grandson, Gregory J. Hill; and
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| WHEREAS,
Dr. Maurice Hill is survived by his children, M. | 4 |
| Joseph Hill, Maureen E. (Gordon) Levine, Dr. M. Robert (Dotty) | 5 |
| Hill, Thomas A. (Bonnie) Hill, Rita M. (E.J.) Schwager, Dr. | 6 |
| James R. (Diane) Hill, Edward P. (Kathy) Hill, David M. (Kris) | 7 |
| Hill, Dr. M. Jean (Dr. John) Schad, Judith A. Hill and friend, | 8 |
| James Hembrough, Christopher P. (Kay) Hill, Dr. Gregory A. | 9 |
| (Barb) Hill, and Barbara M. (Dr. Roger) Yusen; his 39 | 10 |
| grandchildren; his 22 great-grandchildren; and his two | 11 |
| brothers, Marvin Joseph (Gen) Hill and Dr. Robert S. | 12 |
| (Annabelle) Hill; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Maurice Hill; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Maurice Hill as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sympathy.
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