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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of John L. Hoague of Herrin, who passed away
4on January 18, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Hoague was born on March 2, 1935 in Chicago;
6his parents were Lewis D. and Leora (nee Merril) Hoague; he
7married LaDonne Edwards on September 1, 1956 in Beaucoup; and
 
8    WHEREAS, John Hoague was employed as a land acquisition
9officer for the Illinois Department of Transportation for many
10years until his retirement in 1990; and
 
11    WHEREAS, John Hoague served as state president of the
12Illinois Elks Association; he was also a past Exalted Ruler for
13Herrin Elks Lodge 1146; and
 
14    WHEREAS, John Hoague was preceded in death by his parents;
15his wife, LaDonne; and his brothers-in-law, James Edwards, Bill
16Edwards, and William Papa; and
 
17    WHEREAS, John Hoague is survived by his sons and
18daughter-in-law, Scott and Elaine Hoague, Douglas Hoague, and
19David Hoague; his daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Doug
20Burris; his grandchildren, Lindsay and Justin Fortner, Natalie

 

 

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1Burris, and Fletcher Hoague; his great-grandchild, Brynlee
2Fortner; his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Phyllis and
3Don Gutmann, Pat Papa, and Leeann and Victor Main; and his many
4nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
7family and friends, mourn the passing of John L. Hoague; and be
8it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the family of John Hoague as an expression of our
11sympathy.