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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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were saddened to learn of the death of J. Hobart Lock Jr. of 
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Avon on December 21, 2003; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Lock was born on November 19, 1817 in Canton, 
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the son of J. Hobart Sr. and Ethel Gray Lock; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He married Marian R. Taylor on November 29, 1943 
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in Canton; she preceded him in death on December 11, 1998; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Lock was raised in Joshua Township, moved to 
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rural Avon in 1938 and graduated from Fairview schools; and

 
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    WHEREAS, An Army veteran of World War II, he served with 
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the 104th Division in Europe; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Lock farmed from 1946 to 1984; he was a member 
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of the Presbyterian Church in Prairie City, where he was an 
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elder and Sunday school teacher; he was a director of the 
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Fulton County Farm Bureau board and was a treasurer of the 
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Fulton County F.S. board; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of J. Hobart Lock Jr. will be deeply 
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felt by many, especially his two sons, Terry Dean (and Cherie) 
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Lock and James Taylor (and Sally) Lock; his daughter, Carolyn 
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Jane (and Don) Moffitt; his brothers, Kenneth Lock and Dean 
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Lock; his 10 grandchildren; and his two great-grandchildren; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death 
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by his parents; and a brother; therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of 
 


 









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J. Hobart Lock Jr. along with all who knew and loved him and 
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extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; 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 J. Hobart Lock Jr. as an expression 
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of deepest sympathy.