Full Text of HR0779 95th General Assembly
HR0779 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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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| WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch was born on September 8, 1925 in | 6 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch graduated from the old Longwood | 8 |
| Academy in Chicago's Beverly community; and
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| 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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| 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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| WHEREAS, Dorothea Hoch was an avowed, dedicated Democrat |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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