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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 Charles Hoekstra of Antioch, who passed 
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away on September 22, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born August 20, 1919 in Irnsum, Holland, 
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Netherlands, the son of the late Fred and Jennie (Coenradie) 
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Hoekstra, moving to the United States in the 1920s; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He grew up on the family farm in Newport Township, 
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moved to Waukegan, and settled in Antioch in 1943; on June 22, 
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1944 he married Elsie DeBoer in Waukegan; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Before his retirement in 1984, Charles worked for 
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many years as a paint prep man at Streeter Amet in Grayslake, 
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and worked a farm in the Grayslake area; he was a very hard 
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worker who enjoyed gardening, passing out his vegetables to his 
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friends, and attending the VFW Post #4308 in Lake Villa; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie; his 
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parents; and four sisters, Kay, Veronica, Johanna, and Cybil; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charles Hoekstra is survived by his daughter, 
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Diana (Robert) Binkley; his two grandchildren, Rhonda and 
 


 






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Bobby; his three great grandchildren, Taylor, Haley, and Abby; 
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his brother, Fred (Shirley) Hoekstra; his sister, Julia Lucas; 
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and many nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH 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 Charles Hoekstra; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Charles Hoekstra as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.