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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Robert Emmett Hosty Sr., who passed
4away on July 20, 2019 at the age of 70; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was born to Joan and Thomas E.
6Hosty Jr. in River Forest on July 19, 1949; he attended St.
7Luke Grammar School and Fenwick High School; he remained a
8lifelong resident of River Forest; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was known to many as "Big Host";
10he cherished his relationships with friends and family and
11took great pride in being the life of the party; he was
12especially fond of living up to his self-appointed role as
13"FUR" (Favorite Uncle Rob) to his nieces and nephews, as well
14as anyone else he could charm into accepting him as such; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was fun-loving and had a "huge
16by large" personality with trademarks of quick-witted zingers
17and one-liners and persuasive, loosely fact-based answers for
18everything; he loved to share his mysteriously acquired
19expertise on any given subject, whether it was solicited or
20not; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was always good for a joke and

 

 

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1was equally fast with a jab; he was sometimes gruff with his
2delivery but never could disguise the true nature of his big
3heart; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was surrounded by family in
5their shared lakeside home in Coloma, Michigan, his favorite
6place, when he passed; he is remembered for the good times and
7loads of laughter he shared; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was preceded in death by his
9son, Robert Emmett Hosty Jr.; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. is survived by his daughter,
11Alice Hosty; his siblings, Thomas (Susan) E. III, Lawrence
12(Nancy), PJ (Kathleen), Terrence (Ellen), John (Lissa), and
13Della Marie Hosty; his former spouse, Peggy Cullerton Hosty;
14and a close clan of relatives and loyal friends; therefore, be
15it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
18Robert Emmett Hosty Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to
19his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the family of Robert Hosty Sr. as an expression of
2our deepest sympathy.