Full Text of SR0709 93rd General Assembly
SR0709 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Lars Hoffman, a political and civic "prince" who | 3 |
| served as the Village of Godfrey's first mayor and taught | 4 |
| thousands of students at Lewis and Clark Community College, | 5 |
| died on October 23, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born December 2, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa | 7 |
| to Gene L. and Ruth (Hillis) Hoffman, and married the former | 8 |
| Judy G. Callender on May 12, 1984 in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected mayor of Godfrey in 1991 and served | 10 |
| for two terms; he was a school board member for the Brussels | 11 |
| Public School District; he was a state representative candidate | 12 |
| in 1978; he was awarded the Citizen of the Year in 2003 by | 13 |
| Pride Inc.; and he was a past recipient of the Elijah P. | 14 |
| Lovejoy Award; and
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| WHEREAS, He received numerous awards for excellence in | 16 |
| teaching during his 35-year teaching career; he was a professor | 17 |
| at Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) in Godfrey for 30 | 18 |
| years, a visiting professor at Principia College, and an | 19 |
| adjunct professor at McKendree College; and
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| WHEREAS, He helped implement Model Illinois Government at | 21 |
| LCCC, where college students from across the State debate and | 22 |
| play out the roles of Illinois Senate and House members; he | 23 |
| also produced and hosted a weekly show, "Metro Talk," at LCCC | 24 |
| for Charter Cable that informed the community about local | 25 |
| issues; and
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| WHEREAS, He received a bachelor of arts degree from | 27 |
| Grinnell College; he attended the School of International | 28 |
| Service at American University in Washington, D.C. and later | 29 |
| attended the University of Iowa, where he received a master of | 30 |
| arts and a Ph.D in American history and political philosophy; |
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| WHEREAS, He was active in many organizations and projects | 3 |
| throughout the community, including the Alton-Godfrey Rotary | 4 |
| Club; 100 Black Men of Alton; Alton Museum of History and Art; | 5 |
| Growth Association of Southwestern Illinois; and End of Life | 6 |
| Coalition and Pride; and he was a member and Sunday school | 7 |
| teacher at Sixth Church of Christ Scientist in St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Gene L. | 9 |
| Hoffman; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lars Hoffman will be felt by all | 11 |
| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Judy; his mother, | 12 |
| Ruth Hoffman; his daughter and son-in-law, Alexandra and | 13 |
| Charles Gottdiener; his son and daughter-in-law, Shayler and | 14 |
| Cara Hoffman; his stepson and his wife, Clayton and Debra | 15 |
| Marquis; his stepdaughter and her husband, Stacia and Lee | 16 |
| Ebrey; his grandchildren, Benjamin and Sophia Gottdiener, | 17 |
| Cecelia and Stockton Hoffman, Jeremy and Matthew Myers, Alyson | 18 |
| Ebrey, and Drew and Turner Marquis; his two brothers and | 19 |
| sisters-in-law, Lynn and Karen Hoffman and Robert "Buzz" and | 20 |
| Sandy Hoffman; and other extended family, colleagues and many | 21 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 24 |
| Lars Hoffman and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 25 |
| family, friends and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the family of Lars Hoffman as an expression of our | 28 |
| deepest sympathy.
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