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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Donald L. Hook of Vernon Hills, who 
4passed away on July 3, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Donald Hook graduated from Northwestern 
6University in Evanston in 1974; he was an avid Northwestern 
7football fan, having gone 41 years without missing a home game, 
8and an active member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, "The 
9Wranglers"; and
  
 
  
10    WHEREAS, Donald Hook served 30 years with the Vernon Hills 
11Lions Club, as Director of the Lions of Illinois Foundation and 
12past-District Governor of Lions District 1F; he was a former 
13Trustee for the Village of Vernon Hills from 1989 to 1997, and 
14a former member of the Cook Memorial Library Board; he was also 
15a member of the Police Pension Board starting in 2002; he was a 
16founding member of St. Mary of Vernon Catholic Church, and  a 
17pitcher for SMV Blue Baseball for over 25 years; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Donald Hook was preceded in death by his parents, 
19Donald and Dolores; his step-father, Arlen Wilkerson; and his 
20son, Cory Hook; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Donald Hook is survived by his wife of nearly 40 
 
 
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1years, Kathleen (nee Scibor); his daughters, Morgan Diaz, Erin 
2(Nathan) Tidd, and Michelle (Justin) Dewey; his grandchildren, 
3Ayden and Caitlin Diaz and Etta Tidd; his sister-in-law, 
4Michelle (Frank, Jr.) Rybinski; his siblings in faith and 
5friendship, Don and Kathy Steward and Laura Jurey; his niece, 
6Renee Mack; and his nephews, Matt Jurey and Frank Rybinski, 
7III; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Donald L. Hook, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Donald Hook as an expression of our 
15deepest sympathy.