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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Robert Emmett Hosty Sr., who passed | ||||||
4 | away on July 20, 2019 at the age of 70; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was born to Joan and Thomas E. | ||||||
6 | Hosty Jr. in River Forest on July 19, 1949; he attended St. | ||||||
7 | Luke Grammar School and Fenwick High School; he remained a | ||||||
8 | lifelong resident of River Forest; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was known to many as "Big Host"; | ||||||
10 | he cherished his relationships with friends and family and | ||||||
11 | took great pride in being the life of the party; he was | ||||||
12 | especially fond of living up to his self-appointed role as | ||||||
13 | "FUR" (Favorite Uncle Rob) to his nieces and nephews, as well | ||||||
14 | as anyone else he could charm into accepting him as such; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was fun-loving and had a "huge | ||||||
16 | by large" personality with trademarks of quick-witted zingers | ||||||
17 | and one-liners and persuasive, loosely fact-based answers for | ||||||
18 | everything; he loved to share his mysteriously acquired | ||||||
19 | expertise on any given subject, whether it was solicited or | ||||||
20 | not; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was always good for a joke and |
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1 | was equally fast with a jab; he was sometimes gruff with his | ||||||
2 | delivery but never could disguise the true nature of his big | ||||||
3 | heart; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was surrounded by family in | ||||||
5 | their shared lakeside home in Coloma, Michigan, his favorite | ||||||
6 | place, when he passed; he is remembered for the good times and | ||||||
7 | loads of laughter he shared; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
9 | son, Robert Emmett Hosty Jr.; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. is survived by his daughter, | ||||||
11 | Alice Hosty; his siblings, Thomas (Susan) E. III, Lawrence | ||||||
12 | (Nancy), PJ (Kathleen), Terrence (Ellen), John (Lissa), and | ||||||
13 | Della Marie Hosty; his former spouse, Peggy Cullerton Hosty; | ||||||
14 | and a close clan of relatives and loyal friends; therefore, be | ||||||
15 | it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing | ||||||
18 | Robert Emmett Hosty Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
19 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
20 | further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the family of Robert Hosty Sr. as an expression of | ||||||
2 | our deepest sympathy.
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