Full Text of SR0277 96th General Assembly
SR0277 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Joseph W. Hubbard of O'Fallon, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 9, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph W. Hubbard was born April 3, 1926 in | 6 |
| O'Fallon; he graduated from O'Fallon Township High School in | 7 |
| 1944; after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy | 8 |
| and fought during World War II, receiving several medals; after | 9 |
| returning from the war, he married Betty Whitehead in June of | 10 |
| 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as a Justice of the Peace for 8 years, | 12 |
| Alderman from 1969 to 1977, and a Township Trustee from 1957 to | 13 |
| 1977 and 2005 to the present; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a founding and charter member of the | 15 |
| O'Fallon Jaycees; as a Jaycee, he helped start O'Fallon's first | 16 |
| little league baseball league, as well as coached for many | 17 |
| years; he was a lifelong member of First United Methodist | 18 |
| Church of O'Fallon, a member of the O'Fallon Sesquicentennial | 19 |
| Committee, a 50-year member of the Masons, Scottish Rite and | 20 |
| Shriners, a lifetime member of both the O'Fallon Sportsman Club | 21 |
| and American Legion, a charter and founding member of both the | 22 |
| Shiloh Valley Bassmasters and O'Fallon Bass Casters, a member |
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| of the O'Fallon YMCA and O'Fallon Senior Citizens Club, and he | 2 |
| was the 2007 O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce Recipient Award for | 3 |
| Volunteerism; he was also self-employed as an owner and | 4 |
| salesman for Air Hydraulics in St. Louis, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Hubbard was preceded in death by his | 6 |
| parents Joseph E. and Mary G., nee Campbell, Hubbard.; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his loving wife, of nearly 62 | 8 |
| years, Betty Jane, nee Whitehead, Hubbard; his two sons, Craig | 9 |
| (Claudia) Hubbard and Eric (Debbie) Hubbard; his four | 10 |
| grandchildren, Joele (Ken) Pinkerton, Lauren Hubbard, Nathan | 11 |
| (Autymn) Hubbard, and Emilee Hubbard; his great-granddaughter, | 12 |
| Kailee Hubbard; and numerous cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Hubbard; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Joseph Hubbard as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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