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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to  learn of the death of Robert B.
 4    Hupp, Sr., of Aurora who passed away Sunday,  May  11,  2003;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mr. Hupp was born on April 21, 1924 in Chicago,
 7    the son of the late Earl and Loyola (Kelly) Hupp; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mr. Hupp graduated from Fordham  University;  he
 9    then  served his country with the U.S. Air Force during World
10    War II as  a  Lieutenant;  subsequently,  he  graduated  from
11    Harvard  Law School in 1950; he joined the Aurora law firm of
12    Frank R. Ried, Jr., and Lambert M.  Ochsenschlager  in  1951;
13    the  firm  became Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy and Hupp until
14    1983 when he and William C. Murphy formed their own  firm  of
15    Murphy, Hupp and Kinnally; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Hupp  was  a  long-time member of the Kane
17    County, Illinois State, and  American  Bar  Associations;  he
18    received a Fifty Year Award in 2001 from the Illinois Bar and
19    was  active  in  the  estate  planning  committees  of  those
20    associations  and  counseling  his many clients until shortly
21    before his death; and

22        WHEREAS, Mr. Hupp was a long time director of the Farmers
23    State Bank of Somonauk and was counsel to the Fox Valley Park
24    District for more than 30 years;  he  was  a  member  of  the
25    Aurora  Country  Club and a Past President of the Serra Club;
26    he was a member of Holy Angels Parish for over 50 years; also
27    special to him was the Marmion Abbey community, of  which  he
28    was  an Affiliate Member and Life Trustee of Marmion Academy;
29    and

30        WHEREAS, Mr. Hupp's passing will be deeply felt by  many,
31    especially  his  wife  of 50 years, Rita (Hanley) Hupp; his 5
 
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 1    children, Robert (Eileen) Hupp, Jr., Kate (Craig)  Collinson,
 2    Dr.  Jon  (Shelley)  Hupp,  Michael  (Eileen)  Hupp, and Mark
 3    (Kathie) Hupp; his 11 grandchildren, Robby, Sara,  and  Emily
 4    Hupp, Erin and Rob Collinson, Alyson, William, Elizabeth, and
 5    Laura  Hupp,  and  Kevin  and  Katie  Hupp; his brother, John
 6    (Terry) Hupp; his  sister,  Margaret  Ramsay;  and  his  many
 7    nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 8        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
 9    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
10    Robert B. Hupp and extend  our  sincere  condolences  to  his
11    family and friends; and be it further

12        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
13    presented to the family of Robert Hupp as  an  expression  of
14    our deepest sympathy.