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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 Howard W. Robertson of Highland, who |
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| passed away on April 12, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born August 26, 1934, in Springfield, |
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| Missouri; he graduated from Granite City High School in 1952; |
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| he received a full football scholarship to the University of |
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| Missouri, where he played all four years; he was also a member |
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| of the ROTC and graduated with a BS in agriculture; and
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| WHEREAS, He entered the United States Army as a second |
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| lieutenant; he served with the First Artillery Division (Big |
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| Red One); he and his wife moved to Highland in 1959, where he |
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| opened The Howard Robertson State Farm Agency, which is still |
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| operating in Highland; he was a member of Delta Tau Delta |
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| Fraternity, the University of Missouri Alumni Association and |
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| many organizations in Highland; for years, he was a member of |
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| the football chain gang at every Highland football game; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife traveled extensively, to every |
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| continent, enjoyed motorhome travel, had a winter home in Gulf |
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| Shores, Alabama, and have spent winter time in Sarasota, |
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| Florida; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Evangelical United Church of |
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| Christ in Highland, Church Consistory, and Sunday School |
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| Teacher (8th grade and high school); the Highland Rotary Club |
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| (joined in 1961), president (1956-66), Paul Harris Fellow, and |
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| hosted three foreign exchange students; Highland Community |
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| Schools Unit District 5 board member (1967-1983); he was a |
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| Highland Lodge 583, AF & AM (Mason) member; Ainad Temple |
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| AAONOMS (Shriners), East St. Louis, member; Silver Lake Shrine |
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| Club, treasurer; Hannah White Shrine-Past Watchman of the |
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| Shepherds member; Order of Demolay-founder of Highland Chapter |
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| member; Faith Countryside Homes, past president; Alpine |
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| Savings Bank (later Highland Savings and Loan), founding board |
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| member; Weinheimer Community Center basketball coach and board |
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| of directors member; Highland Police Commission, board member; |
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| Highland Little League Football-coach; and he was associated |
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| with the Punt-Pass-Kick program for many years in Highland; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Howard |
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| Thomas Robertson, and mother, Molene Mellie, nee Nelson, |
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| Robertson; and
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| WHEREAS, Howard W. Robertson is survived by his wife, Norma |
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| J., nee Massman, Robertson, whom he married on June 4, 1955, in |
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| Madison; his daughters, Lisa J. (Don) Hunsche, and Cathy L. |
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| (special friend, John P. Deppe) Robertson; his son, Howard E. |
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| (Terry) Robertson; his grandchildren, Shannon M. Robertson, |
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| Jerri Katherine Robertson, Garrett N. Robertson, and Michelle |
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| C. Hunsche; 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 Howard W. Robertson; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Howard W. Robertson as a symbol of |
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| our sincere sympathy.
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