Full Text of SR1075 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Todd D. Hill, who passed away on February | 4 | | 19, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill was born to Gene Evans Sr. and Kathryn | 6 | | Hill in East St. Louis on October 16, 1967; he graduated from | 7 | | East St. Louis High School in 1986 and then joined the Army | 8 | | Reserve, where he served as a food service specialist; Todd | 9 | | attended Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, earning | 10 | | a bachelor's degree in kinesiology; while working towards his | 11 | | degree, he met his soulmate, Valeska "Vee" Hill; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill was initiated into the Phi Beta Sigma | 13 | | Fraternity on December 2, 1988; he was the captain of S.S. Five | 14 | | Below Zero and his line name was Trikki-T; Todd joined the | 15 | | Epsilon Lambda Sigma Alumni Chapter in East St. Louis in 1993 | 16 | | and served as chapter president (two terms), vice president, | 17 | | Panhellenic Council rep, and membership intake chairman; he | 18 | | also worked closely with the Sigma Beta Youth Club and served | 19 | | as the director of operations for the Sigma Community | 20 | | Leadership Social Impact Foundation; Todd was recently | 21 | | selected as Assistant State Director of the Phi Beta Sigma | 22 | | Fraternity for the State of Illinois; in December of 2019, he | 23 | | proudly obtained his LIFE membership after serving 31 years in |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill was hired as a firefighter for the East | 3 | | St. Louis Fire Department in March of 1990; he was promoted to | 4 | | lieutenant in 1994 and captain in 1996; he retired on December | 5 | | 31, 2016 at the rank of assistant fire chief after working a | 6 | | total of 26 years, 9 months, and 18 days; he was most proud to | 7 | | follow in the footsteps of his uncle, retired Chief Bruce Hill | 8 | | Sr.; Todd also served as President of Local 23 for four years; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill had been the director of the Southwest | 11 | | Illinois Jets Basketball Club since 2004; he taught physical | 12 | | education at Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School in the | 13 | | O'Fallon School District and worked as an athletic director in | 14 | | Riverview Gardens; he also served as an assistant athletic | 15 | | director and restorative justice specialist within the Cahokia | 16 | | School District; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill started out coaching boys basketball but | 18 | | switched to girls basketball when his daughter Jazmin began | 19 | | playing; he coached girls basketball at the YMCA, with the AAU, | 20 | | and at local high schools, with his 2009 AAU team ranking 16th | 21 | | in the United States; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill was cool, charming, compassionate, |
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| 1 | | courageous, and a sharp dresser; he loved to work out, play | 2 | | basketball, and purchase nice cars; Todd was an animal lover | 3 | | and owned many pets over the years with his favorite being his | 4 | | beloved dog, Cane Corso Sasha; he enjoyed watching the Florida | 5 | | Gators, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and North Carolina college | 6 | | basketball; he committed to his faith at an early age and was a | 7 | | current member of New Life Community Church; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Todd Hill is survived by his wife, Valeska Hill; | 9 | | his parents, Gene (Ethel) and Kathryn Hill; his father-in-law, | 10 | | Willie (Beverly) Douglas; his son, Dereon (Emily) Hill; his two | 11 | | daughters, Jazmin (Darin) Pitts and Jayda Hill; his grandson, | 12 | | Kamdyn Hill; his two-granddaughters, Korina Hill and Daiyah | 13 | | Pitts; his two brothers, Anthony Hill and Gene Evans Jr.; his | 14 | | one sister, Nicole (Fritz) Bush; his two sisters-in-law, | 15 | | Delores Buchanan and Tracy Douglas; his two brothers-in-law, | 16 | | Darrell (Patricia) Buchanan and Willie Douglas Jr.; his three | 17 | | nieces, Alizaeon (Leon) Mallory, Wynter Douglas, and Penelope | 18 | | A. Bush; his four nephews, Gordon Moore Jr., Jamaal Moore, | 19 | | Jameel Moore, and Loren Fritz E. Bush; his two great-nephews, | 20 | | Jalen Moore and Delvecchio Mallory; his two great-nieces, | 21 | | Jaliyah Moore and N'Joi Lyfe Moore; his three very special | 22 | | cousins, Bruce Hill III, Korree (Carlandria) Hill, and Kahalah | 23 | | (William) Clay; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, other | 24 | | relatives, friends, and members of the Phi Beta Sigma | 25 | | Fraternity, Inc.; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 3 | | Todd D. Hill and extend our sincere
condolences to his family, | 4 | | friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 6 | | presented to the family of Todd Hill as an expression of
our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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