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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Charles Hoekstra of Antioch, who passed
4 away on September 22, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born August 20, 1919 in Irnsum, Holland,
6 Netherlands, the son of the late Fred and Jennie (Coenradie)
7 Hoekstra, moving to the United States in the 1920s; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He grew up on the family farm in Newport Township,
9 moved to Waukegan, and settled in Antioch in 1943; on June 22,
10 1944 he married Elsie DeBoer in Waukegan; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Before his retirement in 1984, Charles worked for
12 many years as a paint prep man at Streeter Amet in Grayslake,
13 and worked a farm in the Grayslake area; he was a very hard
14 worker who enjoyed gardening, passing out his vegetables to his
15 friends, and attending the VFW Post #4308 in Lake Villa; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie; his
17 parents; and four sisters, Kay, Veronica, Johanna, and Cybil;
18 and
 
19     WHEREAS, Charles Hoekstra is survived by his daughter,
20 Diana (Robert) Binkley; his two grandchildren, Rhonda and

 

 

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1 Bobby; his three great grandchildren, Taylor, Haley, and Abby;
2 his brother, Fred (Shirley) Hoekstra; his sister, Julia Lucas;
3 and many nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6 his family and friends, the passing of Charles Hoekstra; and be
7 it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Charles Hoekstra as a symbol of our
10 sincere sympathy.