Full Text of SR0674 95th General Assembly
SR0674 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 Robert Burke Hilsabeck of Hinsdale, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 29, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Burke Hilsabeck was born February 23, 1923 | 6 |
| in Oelwein, Iowa; his parents were Lawrence (Pat) Hilsabeck and | 7 |
| Helen Tousley Hilsabeck; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Robert Burke | 9 |
| Hilsabeck attended Iowa State University for one year from | 10 |
| 1941-42; he was then appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy and | 11 |
| graduated as ensign in June of 1945; he served in the U.S. Navy | 12 |
| aboard the USS Leyte, CV-32 until the fall of 1948; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Burke Hilsabeck studied history and earned | 14 |
| his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1951; he | 15 |
| taught for five years in Tipton Consolidated Schools in Iowa | 16 |
| before moving to Hinsdale in the fall of 1956; he then taught | 17 |
| at Hinsdale Central High School until his retirement in 1985; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, Robert Burke Hilsabeck was a member and elder of | 20 |
| Community Presbyterian Church in Clarendon Hills; he was an | 21 |
| avid reader and inventive storyteller and enjoyed writing long, |
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| WHEREAS, Robert Burke Hilsabeck was preceded in death by | 3 |
| his parents and his sister, Patricia Ann Hilsabeck; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Robert Burke Hilsabeck is survived by his wife of | 5 |
| 62 years, Jeannette Miller Hilsabeck; his sons, Leo (Ellen), | 6 |
| Steven (Alison), and Rick; his grandchildren, Elizabeth | 7 |
| (Ramon) Navarro, Burke (Elizabeth), Ryan (Liz), and Geoffrey | 8 |
| (Johanna); his great-granddaughter, Francesca Navarro; and his | 9 |
| many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert Burke Hilsabeck; | 13 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Robert Burke Hilsabeck as an | 16 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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