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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 Dr. Maurice R. Hill of Edwardsville, who 
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passed away on October 12, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Maurice R. Hill was born June 4, 1919, in 
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Granite City; he attended Webster Elementary School and Granite 
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City Community High School; he also attended St. Louis 
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University undergraduate school and St. Louis University 
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School of Dentistry, where he graduated in 1943; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Hill was a captain in the United States Army 
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during World War II, and served as a dentist in field hospitals 
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in Europe; in 1942 he married Rita V. Kelahan at St. Theresa 
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Church in St. Louis; and in 1949 he moved his family to 
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Edwardsville, where he started his dental practice; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Hill retired from his dental practice in 1992; 
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he was a past president of the Madison District Dental Society; 
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he was a long time member of St. Boniface Parish in 
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Edwardsville and the Knights of Columbus; he enjoyed gardening, 
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baseball, bowling, horseracing,  and fly fishing; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Hill was preceded in death by his wife, Rita 
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V. Hill; his parents, Rolland and Cecelia, nee Lux, Hill; a 
 


 






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sister, Eileen (Bob) Watt; a daughter-in-law, Penelope A., nee 
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Thatcher, Hill; and a grandson, Gregory J. Hill; and

 
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    WHEREAS,
Dr. Maurice Hill is survived by his children, M. 
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Joseph Hill, Maureen E. (Gordon) Levine, Dr. M. Robert (Dotty) 
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Hill, Thomas A. (Bonnie) Hill, Rita M. (E.J.) Schwager, Dr. 
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James R. (Diane) Hill, Edward P. (Kathy) Hill, David M. (Kris) 
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Hill, Dr. M. Jean (Dr. John) Schad, Judith A. Hill and friend, 
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James Hembrough, Christopher P. (Kay) Hill, Dr. Gregory A. 
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(Barb) Hill, and Barbara M. (Dr. Roger) Yusen; his 39 
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grandchildren; his 22 great-grandchildren; and his two 
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brothers, Marvin Joseph (Gen) Hill and Dr. Robert S. 
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(Annabelle) Hill; 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 Dr. Maurice Hill; 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 Dr. Maurice Hill as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.