Full Text of HR0030 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of John | 4 | | Henry Duffin of Ottawa, who passed away on December 7, 2012; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Duffin was born on June 11, 1929, in Oshkosh, | 7 | | Nebraska; his parents were John H. and Mary Elizabeth Duffin; | 8 | | he married Beverly Barger on December 31, 1949; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After the passing of his father and his mother's | 10 | | remarriage 3 years later, John Duffin and his family moved west | 11 | | and settled in La Grande, Oregon, where he completed high | 12 | | school; after a short stint at Eastern Oregon University, he | 13 | | set his sights on an acting career and left Oregon for the | 14 | | University of Iowa School of Drama; while in Iowa City, he met | 15 | | and fell in love with his future wife; the couple later moved | 16 | | to Des Moines, Iowa, to be closer to her family; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, After moving to Des Moines, John Duffin worked a | 18 | | series of jobs before finally working third shift at an | 19 | | aircraft factory while he completed his bachelor's degree at | 20 | | Drake University in Des Moines; rather than pursuing acting, he | 21 | | entered a lifelong career in education; he later earned a | 22 | | master's degree in fine arts at the University of Iowa; he |
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| 1 | | accepted a position teaching high school speech and English and | 2 | | taught for several years in Iowa; in 1963, he accepted a | 3 | | position at Ottawa High School (OHS) and stayed there for 26 | 4 | | years, teaching speech and English until his retirement in | 5 | | 1989; he also served as chairman of the English department at | 6 | | OHS for 20 years; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, John Duffin was a recipient of a Master Teacher | 8 | | Award from the State of Illinois for his work in education; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Duffin enjoyed coaching competitive speech | 10 | | and directing high school plays; with the help of talented | 11 | | colleagues and dedicated students, he built highly successful | 12 | | speech teams and enjoyed many successes over the years; his | 13 | | reputation among his peers was excellent and he was honored by | 14 | | being elected president of the Illinois Speech and Theater | 15 | | Association for a year; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Following his retirement, John Duffin secured a | 17 | | position teaching speech and English at Patch High School at a | 18 | | U.S. military base in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1989; once he and | 19 | | his wife returned from Germany, they continued traveling in the | 20 | | United States whenever they could, including their winter | 21 | | vacations in Tempe, Arizona; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, John Duffin was the author of a series of 12 |
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| 1 | | dramatic skits about the history of Ottawa; he worked with many | 2 | | others to stage the skits and musical accompaniment at an | 3 | | Ottawa Riverfest summer celebration outdoors; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, John Duffin was preceded in death by his dear | 5 | | wife, Beverly; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Duffin is survived by his children and their | 7 | | families, John T. Duffin and his children, Conor (Danielle) and | 8 | | Kirstin; Sally (David) Hass and their children, Stephen and | 9 | | Deborah; Julie (Jim) Wajrowski and her son, Brandon Duffin | 10 | | (Karisa); William (Cindy) Duffin and their children, Anna, | 11 | | Blake, and Luke; James (Gloria) Duffin and their children, | 12 | | Garrett, Liam, and Meghan; and Susan (Rich) Navratil and their | 13 | | children, Caitlin and Nathan; he is also survived by his | 14 | | sister, Betty (Ray) Hyde, and their children, Gene (Lynn) Hyde, | 15 | | Emily, and Stella; Tom Hyde and his children, Austin and | 16 | | McKenna; and his wife's nephew, Garry (Nancie) Gloshen, and | 17 | | their daughters, Braedi Gloshen and Kindra (Tony) Kapsch, and | 18 | | their daughter, Anslee, and her son, Caden; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 22 | | John Henry Duffin; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of John Duffin as an expression of our | 3 | | sympathy.
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