Full Text of HR0127 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | 4 | | Homewood Village President and State Representative Manny | 5 | | Hoffman of Homewood; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Manny Hoffman was born on February 22, 1937; he | 7 | | graduated from Hirsch High School in 1955; he was a long-time | 8 | | insurance agent with State Farm and owned and operated the | 9 | | Manny Hoffman State Farm Insurance Agency in Homewood; he was a | 10 | | lifetime member of the State Farm President's Club, an | 11 | | organization of the company's top 50 agents nationwide; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Manny Hoffman was well-known for his diverse and | 13 | | active career of service in the Homewood-Flossmor area; he was | 14 | | president of the Homewood-Flossmor Park District's board of | 15 | | commissioners, chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, | 16 | | and was on the board for the Cancer Support Center, Irons Oaks, | 17 | | and the Prairie State College Foundation; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Manny Hoffman was inducted into Homewood's Hall of | 19 | | Fame in October 2008; his first office was secretary of the | 20 | | village's volunteer fire department; he was village trustee | 21 | | from 1977 to 1985 and mayor from 1985 to 1991; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Homewood named a street Hoffman Way | 2 | | to honor his service; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Manny Hoffman represented the 37th District in the | 4 | | Illinois General Assembly from 1991 to 1993; he was appointed | 5 | | to the Illinois Labor Relations Board by Gov. Jim Edgar in 1993 | 6 | | and re-appointed to his fourth term as chairman by Gov. George | 7 | | H. Ryan; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Manny Hoffman was preceded in death by his wife, | 9 | | Judy; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Manny Hoffman is survived by his children, Larry, | 11 | | Debbie, and Julie; and his grandson; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of former Homewood Village President and | 15 | | State Representative Manny Hoffman, and we extend our sincere | 16 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 17 | | him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Manny Hoffman as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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