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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 |