Full Text of SR1157 100th 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 William G. "Bill" Hansen of Richmond, who | 4 | | passed away on November 16, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hansen was born in rural Hebron to Lawrence | 6 | | and Hilma (Anderson) Hansen on March 14, 1937; his family moved | 7 | | to a farm near Richmond when he was nine and he attended school | 8 | | in Hebron, graduating from Alden-Hebron High School in 1955; he | 9 | | was a member of the junior varsity basketball team when the | 10 | | Hebron Giants won the state championship; he was a member of | 11 | | 4-H, the baseball team, the student council, the yearbook | 12 | | staff, and the Future Farmers of America both as a member and | 13 | | president; he was crowned junior prom king in 1954; he married | 14 | | Carol Mae Hoffman at Genoa City, Wisconsin on February 10, | 15 | | 1973; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hansen attended the University of Illinois, | 17 | | taking courses in farming; he farmed in the area all his life; | 18 | | he was a member of the McHenry County Farm Bureau and looked | 19 | | forward to the times he cooked hamburgers at the fair for the | 20 | | Farm Bureau Food Stand; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hansen was an avid fan of the Chicago Bears | 22 | | and Cubs; he bowled "with the guys" in Zenda, Wisconsin for |
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| 1 | | many years, and later with his wife in a couple's league, The | 2 | | Sunday Happy Mixers, who were mostly farmers; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hansen was preceded in death by his parents; | 4 | | his sister, Ardella (Glen) Spooner; and his brothers, Lawrence | 5 | | Junior and Richard (Carol) Hansen; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Hansen is survived by his wife, Carol; his | 7 | | sons, William L. (Sasha Zolnowsky) and their sons, Brady and | 8 | | Cooper, and Daniel (Cori Svitak) and their sons, Hunter, Max, | 9 | | Levi, and Lucas; his sister, Virginia (Roger) Bottlemy; his | 10 | | sister-in-law, Carol June Hansen (Tony) DeMarco; his | 11 | | brother-in-law, David (Susan) Hoffman; and four nieces and | 12 | | eight nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | William G. "Bill" Hansen, and extend our sincere condolences to | 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Bill Hansen as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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