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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
James Hubbard of Batavia, who passed away 
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on August 9, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Hubbard was one of four children and was a 
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lifelong Batavia resident; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Hubbard served with the Army Air Forces as 
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captain of a B-24 Liberator bomber and as a flight instructor 
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from 1942 to 1945; the Second World War ended just before his 
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unit was to be sent overseas; after his discharge from the Army 
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Air Force, he returned to Batavia and worked at the Batavia 
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Herald, where he ran the printing press and was office manager; 
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in 1947, he married his wife of 60 years, Mollyanne; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1953, James Hubbard joined Hubbard and Johnson 
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Furniture, which was started by his father Gustav Hubbard  in 
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1910 in downtown Batavia, with his brothers, Paul and Warren; 
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they later changed the name of the store to Hubbard's Ethan 
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Allen; he retired in 1984 when he and his brothers sold the 
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business to other family members; and

 
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    WHEREAS, For many years, James Hubbard volunteered for 
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various charities, such as Wayside Ministries in Aurora, Meals 
 


 






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on Wheels, and Hesed House, a women's shelter in Aurora; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Hubbard is survived by his wife, Mollyanne; 
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his sons, Ron, Donald, and Daniel; his daughter, Kathleen; 10 
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grandchildren; and two great-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 James Hubbard; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of James Hubbard as an expression of 
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our sympathy.