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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
Arthur W. Hustis of Marseilles, who 
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passed away on September 13, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was born on July 23, 1929, in Cold 
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Spring, New York; his parents were Roger and Helen Gravel 
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Hustis; he married JoAnn Laatz on September 4, 1954; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis served his country with pride and 
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distinction as a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps during 
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the Korean Conflict, having served with the occupation forces 
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in Germany; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis retired from the former Nabisco 
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Company in Marseilles after many years of service as a printing 
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press operator; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was a member of the First 
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Congregational-United Church of Christ in Ottawa, where he 
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served 2 separate terms as moderator; he was a member of the 
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Marseilles Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5506 and a past master 
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and 50-year member of Marseilles Masonic Lodge 417, A.F. & 
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A.M.; he was a member and past patron of the former Ramona 
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Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Marseilles; he was 
 


 






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also a member of the Bloomington Consistory, the Mohammed 
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Temple in Peoria, the Starved Rock Civil War Round Table of 
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Ottawa, and the Mendota Clown Funsters; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was the great-great-grandson of 
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Union Major General G. Kimble Warren, the hero of the Battle of 
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Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil 
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War; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was preceded in death by his 
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parents; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis is survived by his wife, JoAnn 
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Hustis; his son, Roger E. Hustis; his daughter, Adele Anne 
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Hustis; and his brothers, William A.R. (Sherry) Hustis and 
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Harvey H. (Hilda) Hustis; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Arthur W. Hustis; 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 Arthur Hustis as an expression of 
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our sympathy.