Full Text of SR0383 96th General Assembly
SR0383 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Robert F. Hillenbrand of Naperville, who | 4 |
| passed away on July 24, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert F. Hillenbrand was born March 5, 1925, in | 6 |
| Woodcliff, New Jersey, to immigrant parents; he was a 1950 | 7 |
| graduate of North Central College with a Bachelor of Arts | 8 |
| degree and received a Master of Arts degree from the University | 9 |
| of Chicago and an additional graduate degree, the Advanced | 10 |
| Certificate, from the University of Illinois; he was a member | 11 |
| of the Phi Delta Kappa professional fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hillenbrand taught in the Bensenville and | 13 |
| Elmhurst elementary schools, followed by 29 years as an | 14 |
| elementary school administrator in Naperville School District | 15 |
| 203; he was an elementary teaching principal in St. Charles and | 16 |
| was a principal of four Naperville schools; in his retirement, | 17 |
| he acted as a hearing officer for 15 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the past president of the DuPage Elementary | 19 |
| Principals Association, and a member of the City Plan | 20 |
| Commission and the Naperville Sesquicentennial Committee; he | 21 |
| maintained a strong interest in the future of North Central | 22 |
| College and had deep connections with the Community United |
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| Methodist Church; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hillenbrand was an avid reader and | 3 |
| storyteller, and led discussions for his church class' book | 4 |
| group, as well as sponsoring "Books Between Bites" at the | 5 |
| Community United Methodist Church; he was a World War II Army | 6 |
| veteran, entering the army upon graduation in 1943, from | 7 |
| Mooseheart Academy in Batavia; he served with the Tenth | 8 |
| Mountain Division, earning the Bronze Star for meritorious | 9 |
| service in combat near Gaggio Montano, Italy; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and | 11 |
| sister; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years and | 13 |
| a former Naperville kindergarten teacher, Betty (nee | 14 |
| Jacobson); his daughters, Ashleyann (Ann Clare) Hillenbrand | 15 |
| Carlson and Martha Beth Hillenbrand Jones; and his | 16 |
| grandchildren, Daniel Warren Jones and Katherine Hillary | 17 |
| Jones; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert Hillenbrand; and | 21 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Robert Hillenbrand as a symbol of | 3 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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