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90_HR0518
LRB9011886CBcbA
1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The death of former State Representative Jerome
3 G. Corbett brings much sadness to the members of this Body;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, He was born in Hardin, Illinois, on January 19,
6 1917, the son of the late Bartholomew and Margaret Fischer
7 Corbett; on February 13, 1955 he married Jo An Dufner in
8 Hermann, Missouri; he attended Hardin High School and
9 graduated from Routt High School in Jacksonville; he attended
10 St. Louis University and the University of Illinois; and
11 WHEREAS, He played professional baseball for the St.
12 Louis Browns and will be remembered for being an exceptional
13 athlete and scholar through both high school and college;
14 Jerome Corbett served in World War II as an officer in the
15 Far East Asia command, where he received a direct commission;
16 and
17 WHEREAS, Jerome Corbett operated many family businesses,
18 including a Western Auto Dealership, an International
19 Harvester Agency, a dairy, an ice house, a butcher shop, a
20 grocery store, and Corbett Farms; he also owned auto agencies
21 in Hardin and Dufner Corbett Motors in Hermann, Missouri; he
22 currently was associated with his wife, Jo An, in the real
23 estate and insurance business; and
24 WHEREAS, He served as a member of the House of
25 Representatives from the 50th District in the 76th and 77th
26 General Assemblies and from the 49th District during the 79th
27 General Assembly; he was active in the Highway Study
28 Commission and the Export Advisory Board; and
29 WHEREAS, Jerome Corbett served as a 50 year member of the
30 American Legion, a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, a board
31 member of the Calhoun County Chapter of the American Cancer
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1 Society, a member of St. Norbert's Catholic Church, and a 50
2 year member of the Missouri Athletic Club and served Calhoun
3 County as the Democratic Chairman for 25 years; and
4 WHEREAS, Jerome Corbett will be remembered as a man
5 dedicated to nature, to his community, to his faith, and to
6 his family; and
7 WHEREAS, The passing of Jerome Corbett will be deeply
8 felt by his devoted wife, Jo An; his son, Dufner J. Corbett;
9 his daughter, Kelly Ann Corbett; and his grandchildren,
10 Margot and Christopher; therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13 note with sadness and regret the death of former State
14 Representative Jerome G. Corbett and extend our most sincere
15 condolences to his family and friends; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to his wife, Jo An Corbett.