Full Text of SR0953 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Col. Jerry Noel Hoblit, who passed | 4 | | away on January 31, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Col. Hoblit was born on September 8, 1936; he | 6 | | graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in | 7 | | 1958; he married Rosalie Ward at Spangdahlem Air Force Base in | 8 | | Germany on May 24, 1963; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Col. Hoblit's call sign was Dragon, but he was | 10 | | also know as Hognose; during the Vietnam War, he served three | 11 | | separate tours; he was awarded numerous medals, including | 12 | | three Distinguished Flying Crosses and three Silver Stars; | 13 | | three and a half decades after his service in Vietnam, the Air | 14 | | Force awarded him with its highest honor, the Air Force Cross; | 15 | | he retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of Colonel on | 16 | | June 30, 1982; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Col. Hoblit was a world-class fighter pilot, a | 18 | | loving husband and father, a doting grandfather, and a | 19 | | generous friend; while his military career was marked with | 20 | | incredible success, he counted his marriage to Rosalie as his | 21 | | greatest and happiest achievement; he loved his three | 22 | | daughters, Holly Virginia, Heather Elizabeth, and Heidi Noel |
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| 1 | | and greatly enjoyed his grandchildren, Eric, Ethan, Rhegan, | 2 | | and August; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Col. Jerry Noel Hoblit and extend our sincere condolences to | 6 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Col. Hoblit as an expression of our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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