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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 Bill Hamrick Jr. of Augusta, who passed 
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away on February 2, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on February 13, 1927 in Dallas City, 
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to William Lester Sr. and Mercedes (Horner) Hamrick; he was a 
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graduate of Fort Madison, Iowa, high school; he married Barbara 
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De Jaynes on September 5, 1955 in Augusta; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was a plumber and steamfitter with Steamfitters 
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Local 353 in Peoria; he was a member of 1st Baptist Church in 
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Colchester and a member of Augusta V.F.W. Post #9029; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He served as a Democratic precinct committeeman 
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for many years and as a Boy Scout leader; he was a veteran of 
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the United States Army, serving in World War II; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and his 
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niece, Patricia Gillett; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Bill Hamrick Jr. is survived by his wife, Barbara; 
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his sons, Bill Hamrick III (Deborah) and Craig Hamrick 
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(Brenda); his granddaughters, Rebecca, Emily, and Tiffany 
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Hamrick; his sister, Betty (Conrad) Gillett; his step-brother, 
 


 






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Earl (Della) Lofton; his cousin, Erma June Sanderson; his 
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nephew, Keith Gillett; and his beloved granddog, Molly; 
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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 Bill Hamrick Jr.; 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 Bill Hamrick Jr. as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.