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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 M. Hurst of Peru, who passed away 
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on March 16, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on July 2, 1937 in Springfield, the 
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son of Arthur and Regina (Rademacher) Hurst; he married Betty 
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Lushina on May 17, 1958; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He graduated from St. Bede Academy, St. John's 
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College in Minnesota, and was a 1956 graduate of Worsham 
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College of Mortuary Science; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a second generation funeral director of 
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Hurst Funeral Home in LaSalle-Peru, Ladd, Tonica, and Wenona; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Patrick Church, 
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LaSalle-Peru Kiwanis, the Knights of Columbus, the Ladd Moose, 
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the Ladd Business Association, the Illinois and National 
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Funeral Director Association, and St. Vincent's Cemetery 
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Board; he served on the Lighted Way Board for 36 years, the 
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Illinois Valley Community Hospital Board for more than 10 
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years, and the Horizon House Board; and he was a founding 
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member of Illinois Valley Hospice and instrumental in starting 
 


 






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the LaSalle 911 system; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and one 
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brother; and
 
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    WHEREAS, James Hurst is survived by his wife, Betty; his 
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sons, Jim (Kathy) Hurst and John (Niki) Hurst; his daughters, 
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Lori (Dave) Milus and Jolene (Tim) Plankenhorn; his fifteen 
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grandchildren; his three great-grandchildren; his brother, 
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Richard (Mary) Hurst; and his sister, Mary Ann Erickson; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Hurst; 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 Hurst as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.