Full Text of SR0779 094th General Assembly
SR0779 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 John Robert Hunter of Alton | 4 |
| on Saturday, June 24, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Mount Vernon on November 25, 1921; | 6 |
| he graduated from Centralia High School and then attended | 7 |
| Southern Illinois University Carbondale; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hunter valiantly served his country as a | 9 |
| member of the U.S. Army for five years in the 33rd Infantry | 10 |
| Division, Goldcross; he was awarded two bronze stars for the | 11 |
| New Guinea and Luzon campaigns; and
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| WHEREAS, After returning from the service, he attended Gem | 13 |
| City Business College in Quincy, where he met his future bride; | 14 |
| he later graduated from University of Illinois in Urbana; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hunter and his wife moved to Quincy, where he | 16 |
| was an Allstate insurance agent, then in 1956, he moved his | 17 |
| family to Alton, where he worked at Carter Brothers Lincoln | 18 |
| Mercury and also as a Farmers Mutual Insurance agent; Farmers | 19 |
| Mutual changed their name to American Family Insurance and he | 20 |
| continued working there with his daughter until his death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hunter loved people from all walks of life; he | 22 |
| loved all animals and was known to rescue strays; he touched | 23 |
| the life of every living thing that encountered him, and he | 24 |
| will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Robert Hunter has been deeply | 26 |
| felt by many, especially his wife of 58 years, Norma; his sons, | 27 |
| John Hall Hunter and Jeffery Mark Hunter and his wife, Althea; | 28 |
| his daughter, Jean Marie Hunter-Kinsella and her husband, | 29 |
| Thomas Kinsella; and his grandson, Cris Bennett Hunter and |
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| fiancee, Cherise; he was preceded in death by his parents, | 2 |
| James Hall and Juanita Jean Hunter; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 |
| John Robert Hunter, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 6 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 10 |
| sympathy.
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