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| | SR0444 | | LRB098 12828 GRL 47318 r |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Donald Leo Hastings, Jr. of Edwardsville, |
| 4 | | who passed away on June 1, 2013; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Hastings, Jr. was born on May 30, 1952, in |
| 6 | | Alton; his parents were Donald and Harriet (Zoleman) Hastings; |
| 7 | | and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donald Hastings, Jr. attended Southern Illinois |
| 9 | | University in Edwardsville and was the first student trustee in |
| 10 | | Illinois to serve both campuses at Edwardsville and Carbondale; |
| 11 | | and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Donald Hastings, Jr. was a long-standing member of |
| 13 | | the Lewis and Clark Historical Society; as a member, he helped |
| 14 | | society leadership to procure federal and State funding to |
| 15 | | build the Lewis and Clark State Historical Site in Hartford, |
| 16 | | served on the design team for the site and its exhibits, and |
| 17 | | successfully secured grant money to erect a replica of Camp |
| 18 | | River Dubois; he served as President of the Society during the |
| 19 | | Bicentennial, earning Hartford the designation of Site #1 on |
| 20 | | the Lewis and Clark Heritage Trail; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Donald Hastings, Jr. served as the Democratic |
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| 1 | | Committeeman for Precinct #4, a position held by his |
| 2 | | grandmother for 52 years; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Donald Hastings, Jr. is survived by his parents; |
| 4 | | his children, Alexis (Rennie) Mead and Cameron (Jennifer) |
| 5 | | Hastings; his significant other, Kathryn Hymel, and her |
| 6 | | children, Rick Solomon and Christian (Jamie) Luetkemeyer; his |
| 7 | | siblings, Douglas (Kathleen) Hastings, Pamela (Lawrence) |
| 8 | | Perlmutter, Celeste (Gregg) Korte, Kathleen (Kevin) Walker, |
| 9 | | Elizabeth (Theodore) Petersen, Kimberly (Brett) Wolff, and |
| 10 | | Jennifer Moehlmann; his grandchildren, Rowan, Finnian, and |
| 11 | | Auden Mead and Avan and Cade Luetkemeyer; and his many nieces |
| 12 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Donald Leo Hastings, |
| 16 | | Jr.; and be it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Donald Hastings, Jr. as an |
| 19 | | expression of our sympathy.
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