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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Reginald
4Lindell Hanks of Bolingbrook, who passed away on March 29,
52011; and
 
6    WHEREAS, He was born on May 25, 1949 to Daniel and Portia
7Hanks; he married Ozella on December 7, 1974; he accepted
8Christ at an early age and was baptized at Central Memorial
9Missionary Baptist Church; he later rededicated his life and
10was baptized at Living Word Christian Center, where he was a
11faithful member and helped in the Loaves and Fish Ministry; and
 
12    WHEREAS, He attended Jacob Beidler Elementary School and
13Marshall High School and was later inducted into the Marshall
14Alumni Hall of Fame; he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
15the University of Illinois Chicago and an MBA from the Lake
16Forest Graduate School of Management; and
 
17    WHEREAS, He worked in a variety of fields, including the
18United States Post Office, Chicago radio stations, Milwaukee,
19Wisconsin television stations, and as a radio announcer for a
20Saturday night jazz show; he modeled for billboards and
21posters, and point of sale materials nationwide; he worked as
22an insurance agent for the Equitable Insurance Company; and he

 

 

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1worked for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company (later Stroh
2Brewing Company), working as support in 40 states; and
 
3    WHEREAS, he worked with the Chicago Mayor's Office of
4Special Events, playing a major role in marketing the Taste of
5Chicago; he was active in the Bolingbrook Community Basketball
6league and was a well known high school basketball official,
7traveling throughout the State to officiate games; and
 
8    WHEREAS, After obtaining his MBA, he began a career as a
9contract lobbyist and formed Tri-State Employee Benefits
10Consultants; he later formed Dorjar Gloves, a distributor of a
11variety of gloves to hospitals, doctors, dentists,
12municipalities, and corrections; and
 
13    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Daniel;
14and his brother, Ronald; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Reginald Hanks is survived by his wife, Ozella;
16his son, Daniel; his daughters, Aleccia, Janelle (Keenan), and
17Regina; his grandsons, Jeffrey, Ronald, and Jiohvany; his
18granddaughters, Avia and Kennedy; his mother, Portia; his
19brothers-in-law, Kevin (Barbara) Patterson and Van Earl
20Patterson; his sisters-in-law, Kathy Patterson, Susanna
21Patterson, and Jacqueline Patterson; his uncle; several aunts;
22and a host of cousins, friends, and Commandos; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of
4Reginald Hanks; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the family of Reginald Hanks as a symbol of our
7sincere sympathy.