Full Text of SR0387 094th General Assembly
SR0387 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Charles Hugh Hogan of | 4 |
| Herrin on Tuesday, July 19, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 25, 1943, in Rosiclare to | 6 |
| Charles and Geneva Ferrell Hogan; he was a 1961 graduate of | 7 |
| Herrin High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in | 8 |
| police science and criminology in l974 from York College in | 9 |
| York, Pennsylvania; he married Effie Bess Passas on February | 10 |
| 23, 1969, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 12 |
| U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War; he received the | 13 |
| bronze medal star for meritorious achievement in ground | 14 |
| operations against hostile forces in Vietnam; during his ten | 15 |
| years in the military he was devoted to duty, honor, and | 16 |
| country; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hogan served 20 years with the Lancaster | 18 |
| Bureau of Police of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1974 to 1994; | 19 |
| he was a patrolman for nine years and worked on foot, in a | 20 |
| cruiser, or on a motorcycle; he was a detective for eleven | 21 |
| years; he investigated all types of criminal offenses; his 20 | 22 |
| year law enforcement career was dedicated to serving and | 23 |
| protecting his community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; he took | 24 |
| care of all of those he loved in the same way; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement in 1994, he opened Alpha | 26 |
| Omega Investigative Services in Lancaster, which he managed and | 27 |
| operated until he returned to Herrin in 2001; he owned and | 28 |
| operated A-O Investigative Services in Southern Illinois until | 29 |
| 2004; he was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police; he will | 30 |
| be missed by his family, his larger family of work associates, | 31 |
| and his friends both on the East Coast and in his native |
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| Herrin; and
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| WHEREAS, He enjoyed boating on the Chesapeake Bay, | 3 |
| motorcycle riding, playing pool, golf, and dancing; he was a | 4 |
| weekly volunteer at the Marion VA Medical Center, and he loved | 5 |
| watching old westerns and war movies; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hogan was a member of the Herrin Elks Club, | 7 |
| the Crab Orchard Golf Club in Carterville, the GWRRA (Gold Wing | 8 |
| Road Riders Association) Chapter Q in Carbondale, the Blue | 9 |
| Knights of Herrin, the AHEPA Chapter No. 71 (American Hellenic | 10 |
| Education Progress Association), and the Lancaster | 11 |
| Annunciation Orthodox Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Charles Hugh Hogan has been deeply | 13 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Bess Hogan; his daughters | 14 |
| and son-in-law, Halane Elizabeth Hogan and Nina and Ryan | 15 |
| Thiele; his son, Charles Hugh Hogan II; his grandchildren, Nina | 16 |
| Rose Marley, Chelsea Lynn Hogan, and Charles Hugh Hogan III; | 17 |
| his godson, Vinnie Phemister; his sisters and brother-in-law, | 18 |
| Virginia Crouse and Kay and John Brown; his sisters-in-law, | 19 |
| Diana Stamatakos and Vaso Passas; his niece, Kim Brown; his | 20 |
| nephews and their families, Jett Crouse, Brett Crouse, and | 21 |
| Kevin Brown; his great-nephews, Kerry Nissley and Steven | 22 |
| Stamatakos; and his many good friends; he was preceded in death | 23 |
| by his parents; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 25 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 26 |
| Charles Hugh Hogan, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 27 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 28 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 30 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 31 |
| condolences.
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