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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 Joseph W. Hubbard of O'Fallon, who passed 
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away on April 9, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph W. Hubbard was born April 3, 1926 in 
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O'Fallon; he graduated from O'Fallon Township High School in 
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1944; after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy 
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and fought during World War II, receiving several medals; after 
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returning from the war, he married Betty Whitehead in June of 
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1947; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served as a Justice of the Peace for 8 years, 
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Alderman from 1969 to 1977, and a Township Trustee from 1957 to 
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1977 and 2005 to the present; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He  was a founding and charter member of the 
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O'Fallon Jaycees; as a Jaycee, he helped start O'Fallon's first 
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little league baseball league, as well as coached for many 
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years; he was a lifelong member of First United Methodist 
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Church of O'Fallon, a member of the O'Fallon Sesquicentennial 
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Committee, a 50-year member of the Masons, Scottish Rite and 
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Shriners, a lifetime member of both the O'Fallon Sportsman Club 
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and American Legion, a charter and founding member of both the 
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Shiloh Valley Bassmasters and O'Fallon Bass Casters, a member 
 


 






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of the O'Fallon YMCA and O'Fallon Senior Citizens Club, and he 
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was the 2007 O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce Recipient Award for 
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Volunteerism; he was also self-employed as an owner and 
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salesman for Air Hydraulics in St. Louis, Missouri; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph Hubbard was preceded in death by his 
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parents Joseph E. and Mary G., nee Campbell, Hubbard.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is survived by his loving wife, of nearly 62 
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years, Betty Jane, nee Whitehead, Hubbard; his two sons, Craig 
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(Claudia) Hubbard and Eric (Debbie) Hubbard; his four 
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grandchildren, Joele (Ken) Pinkerton, Lauren Hubbard, Nathan 
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(Autymn) Hubbard, and Emilee Hubbard; his  great-granddaughter, 
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Kailee Hubbard; and numerous cousins; 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 Joseph Hubbard; 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 Joseph Hubbard as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.