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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Richard Mervyn "Dick" Hall of Arlington |
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| Heights, who passed away on November 3, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Mervyn "Dick" Hall was born on May 14, |
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| 1925, in Macomb, Illinois; his parents were Mervyn and Beryl |
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| Hall; and
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| WHEREAS, After serving in the Army Air Corps, Richard Hall |
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| attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, graduating in just |
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| two and one-half years with a bachelor's degree in electrical |
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| engineering; he was still working full-time as owner of a |
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| commercial and industrial lighting fixture sales agency at the |
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| time of his death; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Hall was the longest-serving supervisor |
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| out of 30 townships in Cook County; he began his 38 years of |
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| public service with Elk Grove Township as a trustee in April |
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| 1968; he was first elected Elk Grove Township supervisor eight |
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| years later in 1976 and was repeatedly re-elected, serving in |
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| that position until his death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hall's legacy as township supervisor includes |
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| a bicycle safety program for the township; the program now |
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| trains between 5,000 to 7,000 children every year; he also |
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| created the Elk Grove Township Community Day Care Center, so |
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| that working mothers would have a place to bring their |
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| children; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hall was president of the Elk Grove Township |
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| Republican Organization, a resident of Elk Grove Township for |
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| more than 40 years, and a member of the Township Officials of |
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| Cook County; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005 Mr. Hall was honored by local officials |
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| when a street in unincorporated Elk Grove Township was re-named |
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| Richard M. Hall Drive; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hall was a life master in duplicate bridge and |
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| had mastered most major board games; he enjoyed spending time |
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| with his family, gardening with his natural "green thumb", |
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| cooking outdoors, even in the middle of winter, and playing |
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| with his special at-home friends, his cats; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Hall is survived by his wife, Arlene; his |
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| daughters, Sharon (Ron) Lansdown, Lyn (Gary) Woodrum, and |
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| Marianne (Cliff) Albert; Arlene's children, Tom Podlesak, |
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| Bethann (Ed) Castellano, and Susan (Larry) Johnson; his |
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| grandchildren, Kathy (Eric) Regan, Shari (Patrick) Hayes, Ron |
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| Lansdown, Kari Woodrum, Eric Woodrum, Erin (Ian) Burgar, Ryan |
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| (Sarah) Albert, and Weston Albert; Arlene's grandchildren, |
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| Michael Castellano, Brittany Castellano, Danny Castellano, |
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| Larry Johnson, Jr., Scott Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Katie |
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| Johnson, Jason Johnson, Brianna Johnson, and Connor Johnson; |
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| his great-grandchildren, Melanie Regan, Christopher Hayes, and |
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| Caelan Hayes; his sister, Betty (Bob) Rands; and many nephews |
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| and nieces; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Richard Hall; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Richard Hall.
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