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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Reverend Larry D. Hodge of |
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| Sugar Grove on October 12, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born December 22, 1943 in Norfolk, |
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| Virginia, the son of Durward and Martha Hodge; he was the |
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| Senior Pastor of Orchard Valley Community Church (formerly |
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| Aurora First Assembly of God) in Aurora for the past 27 years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, His ministry did not end at the sanctuary door; |
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| his mission and his vision for his life was to reach out and |
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| connect with non-church people; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, he became one of Aurora's police |
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| department's chaplains, alternately counseling officers and |
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| victims' families through the stress of violence and crime; |
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| race, social status, and religious or political affiliation did |
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| not matter to him; he worked to change the climate by bringing |
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| ex-gang members to speak at East Aurora High School and helped |
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| to start the Warehouse Church in Aurora; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Larry D. Hodge will be |
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| felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 38 |
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| years, Loudene Hodge; his mother, Martha Hodge; his brother, |
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| Russell and Karlene Hodge; his sister, Judy and Bob Kerico; his |
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| son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Amanda Hodge; his daughter |
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| and son-in-law, Kellie and Thomas Reinke; his grandchildren, |
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| Ian Thomas Reinke, Elise Lee Hodge, and Julia Mei Hodge; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his |
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| family, friends, and members of his church and community, we |