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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Richard J. Hardy, formerly of Chicago, 
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who passed away on January 17, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Richard J. Hardy was born and raised in Oak Park; 
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he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
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before serving in the United States Army during the Korean War; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Hardy was a longtime commercial and real 
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estate loan officer for Beverly Bank in Chicago; while working 
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in the Beverly neighborhood he took pride in helping people he 
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knew purchase a home or start a new business; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He went on to work for the First National Bank of 
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Blue Island and also worked for the Northern Trust Bank of 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After his retirement, Mr. Hardy moved to Beverly 
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Shores, Indiana, and Key West, Florida; in recent years he 
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divided his time between his homes in Mount Dora, Florida and  
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Indian Head Park; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Hardy was a skeet shooting enthusiast and a 
 


 






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member of the Eustis Gun Club in Florida and the Downer Grove 
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Sportsmen's Club; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Richard J. Hardy is survived by his wife, 
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Genevieve Woulfe Hardy; his children, Thomas Hardy, Christine 
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Cornillie, Steven Hardy, Cathlyn Kromi, and Brian Hardy; and 
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his nine grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Richard J. Hardy; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Richard J. Hardy as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.