Full Text of SR0151 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 Robert Emmett Hosty Sr., who passed | 4 | | away on July 20, 2019 at the age of 70; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was born to Joan and Thomas E. | 6 | | Hosty Jr. in River Forest on July 19, 1949; he attended St. | 7 | | Luke Grammar School and Fenwick High School; he remained a | 8 | | lifelong resident of River Forest; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was known to many as "Big Host"; | 10 | | he cherished his relationships with friends and family and | 11 | | took great pride in being the life of the party; he was | 12 | | especially fond of living up to his self-appointed role as | 13 | | "FUR" (Favorite Uncle Rob) to his nieces and nephews, as well | 14 | | as anyone else he could charm into accepting him as such; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was fun-loving and had a "huge | 16 | | by large" personality with trademarks of quick-witted zingers | 17 | | and one-liners and persuasive, loosely fact-based answers for | 18 | | everything; he loved to share his mysteriously acquired | 19 | | expertise on any given subject, whether it was solicited or | 20 | | not; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was always good for a joke and |
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| 1 | | was equally fast with a jab; he was sometimes gruff with his | 2 | | delivery but never could disguise the true nature of his big | 3 | | heart; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was surrounded by family in | 5 | | their shared lakeside home in Coloma, Michigan, his favorite | 6 | | place, when he passed; he is remembered for the good times and | 7 | | loads of laughter he shared; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. was preceded in death by his | 9 | | son, Robert Emmett Hosty Jr.; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hosty Sr. is survived by his daughter, | 11 | | Alice Hosty; his siblings, Thomas (Susan) E. III, Lawrence | 12 | | (Nancy), PJ (Kathleen), Terrence (Ellen), John (Lissa), and | 13 | | Della Marie Hosty; his former spouse, Peggy Cullerton Hosty; | 14 | | and a close clan of relatives and loyal friends; therefore, be | 15 | | it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing | 18 | | Robert Emmett Hosty Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Robert Hosty Sr. as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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