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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Donald C. Hampton of Galva, formerly | ||||||
| 4 | of Kewanee, who passed away on January 30, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Donald Hampton was born to Wren C. and Lela | ||||||
| 6 | (Fawcett) Hampton in Peoria on May 30, 1930; he attended | ||||||
| 7 | Kewanee schools; he served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1950; | ||||||
| 8 | he married Alma J. Burch in Kewanee on December 3, 1950, and | ||||||
| 9 | they later divorced; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Donald Hampton worked at the John Deere Company | ||||||
| 11 | until his retirement; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Donald Hampton was an avid St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| 13 | fan; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Donald Hampton was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 15 | parents; his ex-wife; his daughter, Glenda Wallace; his | ||||||
| 16 | grandsons, Justin and Rex Hampton; his great-grandson, Hampton | ||||||
| 17 | Johnson; his brothers, Wren, Nick, Kenney, Robert, Howard, and | ||||||
| 18 | Fred; and his sisters, Barbara, Sheila, Lela, and Alberta in | ||||||
| 19 | infancy; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Donald Hampton is survived by his partner of 30 | ||||||
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| 1 | years, Marilyn Hass; his children, Donya (Dennis) Price, | ||||||
| 2 | Shirlee (Greg) Fritch, Sheila (Dewayne) Willey, Sharon (Dan) | ||||||
| 3 | Jaques, and Chris (Lisa) Hampton; his son-in-law, Mike | ||||||
| 4 | Wallace; Marilyn's children, Missy (Brent) Stewart and Richard | ||||||
| 5 | Hass; his grandchildren; Dean (Rachelle) Price, Duane (Torri) | ||||||
| 6 | Price, Stephanie (Brad) Fritch, Chet Fritch, Brett (Jessica) | ||||||
| 7 | Johnson, Donald (Stephanie) Johnson, Jerry Johnson, Chris | ||||||
| 8 | (Brittany) Johnson, Joyce Willey, Stephan Johnson DeRosalyn, | ||||||
| 9 | Jules (Luke) Quedenfield, Jared Jaques, Alyssa (Dom) Greer, | ||||||
| 10 | and Nicholas Wallace; his 21 great-grandchildren; and his | ||||||
| 11 | three great-great grandchildren, with one on the way; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Donald C. Hampton and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Donald Hampton as an expression of | ||||||
| 20 | our deepest sympathy.
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