Full Text of SR0951 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
J. Gordon Hannagan of Gifford, who passed | 4 | | away on October 19, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan was born on March 12, 1931, in | 6 | | Urbana; he was the son of A.J. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Hannagan; | 7 | | he married Janice Fager on August 25, 1955, in Havana; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan was a graduate of Central High | 9 | | School in Champaign and the Rupert School of Auctioneering in | 10 | | Decatur, Indiana; he also attended the University of Illinois | 11 | | for a year; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan traveled throughout the United | 13 | | States and Canada selling American Quarter Horses at public | 14 | | auction; during his lifetime, he sold over 80,000 acres of land | 15 | | in Champaign County and surrounding area at public auction; he | 16 | | and his wife were the owners and operators of Gordyville, USA, | 17 | | an equine auction and event center; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan was inducted into the American | 19 | | Quarter Horse and Illinois Quarter Horse Halls of Fame; he was | 20 | | an avid horse breeder and trader who had an eye for superior | 21 | | blood lines and raised numerous champions; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan was a member of St. Lawrence | 2 | | Church, the Illinois Auctioneers Association, the National | 3 | | Auctioneers Association, the National Reining Horse | 4 | | Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, and the | 5 | | National Cutting Horse Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; 4 brothers and 4 sisters; and his granddaughter, Emily | 8 | | Rae Hannagan; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, J. Gordon Hannagan is survived by his wife, | 10 | | Janice; his children, Mary Hannagan, John G. "Bud" (Hillary) | 11 | | Hannagan, Patty (Randy) Frerichs, Eddie (Lisa) Hannagan, Jody | 12 | | (Jay) Quiram, and Jimmy (Angie) Hannagan; his sister, Margaret | 13 | | Wheeler; his grandchildren, Lindsay (Travis) Berlatsky, Kate | 14 | | (Travis) Youmans, Jordan Frerichs, Drew Hannagan, Zackary | 15 | | Hannagan, Taylor Hannagan, Jay Gordon Quiram, Rowdy and Cooper | 16 | | Hannagan, Cale Quiram, and Carson Hannagan; and his | 17 | | great-granddaughter, Olivia Berlatsky; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 | | his family and friends, the passing of J. Gordon Hannagan; and | 21 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of J. Gordon Hannagan as an expression | 3 | | of our sympathy.
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