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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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| learned with regret of the death of John Robert Hunter of Alton |
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| on Saturday, June 24, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Mount Vernon on November 25, 1921; |
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| he graduated from Centralia High School and then attended |
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| Southern Illinois University Carbondale; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hunter valiantly served his country as a |
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| member of the U.S. Army for five years in the 33rd Infantry |
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| Division, Goldcross; he was awarded two bronze stars for the |
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| New Guinea and Luzon campaigns; and
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| WHEREAS, After returning from the service, he attended Gem |
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| City Business College in Quincy, where he met his future bride; |
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| he later graduated from University of Illinois in Urbana; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hunter and his wife moved to Quincy, where he |
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| was an Allstate insurance agent, then in 1956, he moved his |
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| family to Alton, where he worked at Carter Brothers Lincoln |
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| Mercury and also as a Farmers Mutual Insurance agent; Farmers |
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| Mutual changed their name to American Family Insurance and he |
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| continued working there with his daughter until his death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hunter loved people from all walks of life; he |
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| loved all animals and was known to rescue strays; he touched |
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| the life of every living thing that encountered him, and he |
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| will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Robert Hunter has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his wife of 58 years, Norma; his sons, |
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| John Hall Hunter and Jeffery Mark Hunter and his wife, Althea; |
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| his daughter, Jean Marie Hunter-Kinsella and her husband, |
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| Thomas Kinsella; and his grandson, Cris Bennett Hunter and |