Full Text of SR1105 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Samuel E. "Sam" Hill of Geneva, who | 4 | | passed away on July 5, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill was born to Samuel H. and Ruth | 6 | | (Twichell) Hill in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 8, 1935; | 7 | | he grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan; after graduating from high | 8 | | school, he attended Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, | 9 | | Pennsylvania; he entered the University of Illinois in the | 10 | | fall of 1954, where he played freshman football and was an | 11 | | active member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity; he married Carolyn | 12 | | Snader in August 1959; he earned a degree in Recreation and | 13 | | Park Management from the University of Illinois; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill first worked as the superintendent of | 15 | | Recreation in Lincoln; while there, he decided to pursue his | 16 | | master's degree and moved to Champaign to complete his thesis; | 17 | | he then moved with his family to Elmhurst, where he served as | 18 | | superintendent of Recreation; during this time, he also served | 19 | | as the secretary/treasurer of the local Jaycees and was later | 20 | | elected to the position of regional director; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill made the decision to go into sales/sales | 22 | | management in March 1965, leading to a series of moves, which |
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| 1 | | included Madison, Wisconsin, Elmira, New York, and | 2 | | Williamsport, Pennsylvania before he settled with his family | 3 | | in Geneva, Illinois in 1977; he retired from Horton | 4 | | Industries, Inc. in 2001; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill was dedicated to serving the City of | 6 | | Geneva; he was a member of the city's plan commission for a | 7 | | decade before running for alderman in 2001; he represented the | 8 | | First Ward for the next 12 years, which included much of the | 9 | | downtown and the Geneva Historic District; he served as the | 10 | | commissioner of the Geneva Park District for eight years, | 11 | | during which he was instrumental in obtaining funding from the | 12 | | State to buy the first 131 acres from Peck Farm in the early | 13 | | 1990s and turn it into a park; for his efforts, a baseball | 14 | | field is named after him at the now-385-acre park; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, | 16 | | Sam Hill and his wife were instrumental in establishing a | 17 | | Memory Café, where those with the disease and their partners | 18 | | could socialize and discuss issues; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill, alongside fellow Alderman Dorothy | 20 | | Flanagan, won the Dancing With the Geneva Stars competition in | 21 | | 2013, raising money for the Geneva Cultural Arts Commission | 22 | | and the Geneva Academic Foundation; he also portrayed Herr | 23 | | Drosselmeyer in State Street Studios' productions of The |
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| 1 | | Nutcracker ballet; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill attended the Fox Valley Presbyterian | 3 | | Church, where he sang in the church choir for over 40 years; he | 4 | | took part in the Living Waters of the World mission trip to | 5 | | Guatemala to help install water systems; when devastation | 6 | | struck Gulfport, Mississippi in 2006, he went on a mission | 7 | | trip to install new roofs; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill loved golfing; in his younger years, he | 9 | | also enjoyed skiing, swimming, and playing racket ball; he was | 10 | | especially fond of taking his grandchildren to concerts, | 11 | | musicals, zoos, and museums and watching their athletic | 12 | | activities; he was an Illini fan and always attended football | 13 | | games in his orange pants and blue Illini shirt; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill was preceded in death by his parents and | 15 | | brother-in-law, Jack Snader; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Sam Hill is survived by his wife of 63 years, | 17 | | Carolyn (Snader); his children, Jennifer (Dan Dworzynski) and | 18 | | Jeffrey (Kathy); and his grandchildren, Mackenzie, Tyler, and | 19 | | Justin; his sister, Sue McClenachan; and other family members; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Samuel E. "Sam" Hill and extend our sincere condolences to his | 3 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Sam Hill as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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