Full Text of SR0333 95th General Assembly
SR0333 95TH 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
James Hubbard of Batavia, who passed away | 4 |
| on August 9, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, James Hubbard was one of four children and was a | 6 |
| lifelong Batavia resident; and
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| WHEREAS, James Hubbard served with the Army Air Forces as | 8 |
| captain of a B-24 Liberator bomber and as a flight instructor | 9 |
| from 1942 to 1945; the Second World War ended just before his | 10 |
| unit was to be sent overseas; after his discharge from the Army | 11 |
| Air Force, he returned to Batavia and worked at the Batavia | 12 |
| Herald, where he ran the printing press and was office manager; | 13 |
| in 1947, he married his wife of 60 years, Mollyanne; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1953, James Hubbard joined Hubbard and Johnson | 15 |
| Furniture, which was started by his father Gustav Hubbard in | 16 |
| 1910 in downtown Batavia, with his brothers, Paul and Warren; | 17 |
| they later changed the name of the store to Hubbard's Ethan | 18 |
| Allen; he retired in 1984 when he and his brothers sold the | 19 |
| business to other family members; and
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| WHEREAS, For many years, James Hubbard volunteered for | 21 |
| various charities, such as Wayside Ministries in Aurora, Meals |
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| on Wheels, and Hesed House, a women's shelter in Aurora; and
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| WHEREAS, James Hubbard is survived by his wife, Mollyanne; | 3 |
| his sons, Ron, Donald, and Daniel; his daughter, Kathleen; 10 | 4 |
| grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James Hubbard; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of James Hubbard as an expression of | 11 |
| our sympathy.
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