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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of William G. "Bill" Hansen of Richmond, who 
4passed away on November 16, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bill Hansen was born in rural Hebron to Lawrence 
6and Hilma (Anderson) Hansen on March 14, 1937; his family moved 
7to a farm near Richmond when he was nine and he attended school 
8in Hebron, graduating from Alden-Hebron High School in 1955; he 
9was a member of the junior varsity basketball team when the 
10Hebron Giants won the state championship; he was a member of  
114-H, the baseball team, the student council, the yearbook 
12staff, and the Future Farmers of America both as a member and 
13president; he was crowned junior prom king in 1954; he married 
14Carol Mae Hoffman at Genoa City, Wisconsin on February 10, 
151973; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Bill Hansen attended the University of Illinois, 
17taking courses in farming; he farmed in the area all his life; 
18he was a member of the McHenry County Farm Bureau and looked 
19forward to the times he cooked hamburgers at the fair for the 
20Farm Bureau Food Stand; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Bill Hansen was an avid fan of the Chicago Bears 
22and Cubs; he bowled "with the guys" in Zenda, Wisconsin for 
 
 
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1many years, and later with his wife in a couple's league, The 
2Sunday Happy Mixers, who were mostly farmers; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Bill Hansen was preceded in death by his parents; 
4his sister, Ardella (Glen) Spooner; and his brothers, Lawrence 
5Junior and Richard (Carol) Hansen; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Bill Hansen is survived by his wife, Carol; his 
7sons, William L. (Sasha Zolnowsky) and their sons, Brady and 
8Cooper, and Daniel (Cori Svitak) and their sons, Hunter, Max, 
9Levi, and Lucas; his sister, Virginia (Roger) Bottlemy; his 
10sister-in-law, Carol June Hansen (Tony) DeMarco; his 
11brother-in-law, David (Susan) Hoffman; and four nieces and 
12eight nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
15William G. "Bill" Hansen, and extend our sincere condolences to 
16his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
17further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
19presented to  the family of  Bill Hansen as an expression of our 
20deepest sympathy.