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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dorothea | ||||||
| 4 | Hoch of Oak Lawn, who passed away on August 11, 2007; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch was born on September 8, 1925 in | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch graduated from the old Longwood | ||||||
| 8 | Academy in Chicago's Beverly community; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch's greatest love and most prized | ||||||
| 10 | possession was her family, which included five children, ten | ||||||
| 11 | grandchildren, and a great grandchild; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch was a deeply religious individual | ||||||
| 13 | who volunteered at St. Gerald's Church; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch lived a life dedicated to public | ||||||
| 15 | service and community involvement, which included work as an | ||||||
| 16 | aide for Congressman Marty Russo, Congressman Bobby Rush, Cook | ||||||
| 17 | County Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, and as a Trustee for | ||||||
| 18 | Worth Township from 1993 to 1997; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch was an avowed, dedicated Democrat | ||||||
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| 1 | who remained loyal to her party and its principles until her | ||||||
| 2 | death, serving her party as President of the Worth Township | ||||||
| 3 | Regular Democratic Organization, as an active volunteer, and as | ||||||
| 4 | a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1984 and | ||||||
| 5 | 1988; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch was a energetic policy advocate for | ||||||
| 7 | women's rights, disability rights, immigration rights, peace, | ||||||
| 8 | and other progressive Democratic principles and prided herself | ||||||
| 9 | as a New Deal Democrat; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch considered one of her major | ||||||
| 11 | accomplishments to be her locally renowned chocolate chip | ||||||
| 12 | cookies; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Dorothea Hoch; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Dorothea Hoch as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our sympathy.
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