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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Robert "Bob" Robinson of Crystal Lake,
4who passed away on September 15, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson was born on March 1, 1933 in
6Crystal Lake; his parents were Robert and Mabel Robinson; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson attended St. Thomas Grade School
8and graduated from Crystal Lake Community High School in 1950;
9he later attended Beloit College; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson served in the United States Air
11Force; as a radar intercept officer, he flew the F-94 fighter
12jet; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson began his career in real estate in
14the 1960s, starting in sales management; he was a prominent
15member of several companies that developed the landscape of
16Crystal Lake during the 1960s and 1970s; he served as President
17of Sales and Marketing Council for the Greater Home Builders of
18Chicago, Algonquin Township Supervisor, member of the McHenry
19County Board of Supervisors, President of the Crystal Lake Park
20District, and board member of Crystal Lake Bank and Trust; he
21co-founded Brittany Builders, which developed several custom

 

 

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1home communities in McHenry County; he later began his own
2custom home building company, Raintree Builders, with his son
3Rob; after retiring from the home building business, he sold
4land and homes with Baird and Warner for 22 years; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson enjoyed attending dinner parties
6on Woodland Drive, hosting New Year's Day and Turkey Bowl
7parties, and watching the Chicago Cubs; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson was preceded in death by his
9parents; his sisters and their husbands, Margaret and James
10McNulty, Dorothy and Darrel West, and Pat and Richard Aston;
11and his former wife, Myra Burrell Robinson; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Robert Robinson is survived by his wife of 24
13years, Kristi; his children, Rob (Cindy), Craig (Virginia),
14Lisa, and Jeff Robinson; his grandchildren, Christine,
15Nicholas, Jennifer, Nathan, Alexandra, Victoria, Roberta,
16Tayler, Emily, and Robert; his great-grandchildren; Jean, Tula
17Tina, Amelia, Jacob, Jocelyn, and Madilyn; and many nieces and
18nephews; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
21family and friends, mourn the passing of Robert "Bob" Robinson;
22and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Robert Robinson as an expression of
3our sympathy.