Full Text of SR0722 93rd General Assembly
SR0722 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Reverend Larry D. Hodge of | 4 |
| Sugar Grove on October 12, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born December 22, 1943 in Norfolk, | 6 |
| Virginia, the son of Durward and Martha Hodge; he was the | 7 |
| Senior Pastor of Orchard Valley Community Church (formerly | 8 |
| Aurora First Assembly of God) in Aurora for the past 27 years; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, His ministry did not end at the sanctuary door; | 11 |
| his mission and his vision for his life was to reach out and | 12 |
| connect with non-church people; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, he became one of Aurora's police | 14 |
| department's chaplains, alternately counseling officers and | 15 |
| victims' families through the stress of violence and crime; | 16 |
| race, social status, and religious or political affiliation did | 17 |
| not matter to him; he worked to change the climate by bringing | 18 |
| ex-gang members to speak at East Aurora High School and helped | 19 |
| to start the Warehouse Church in Aurora; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Larry D. Hodge will be | 21 |
| felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 38 | 22 |
| years, Loudene Hodge; his mother, Martha Hodge; his brother, | 23 |
| Russell and Karlene Hodge; his sister, Judy and Bob Kerico; his | 24 |
| son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Amanda Hodge; his daughter | 25 |
| and son-in-law, Kellie and Thomas Reinke; his grandchildren, | 26 |
| Ian Thomas Reinke, Elise Lee Hodge, and Julia Mei Hodge; | 27 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 29 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his | 30 |
| family, friends, and members of his church and community, we |
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| mourn the death of Reverend Larry D. Hodge, who will be | 2 |
| remembered for his laugh, priceless smile, words of wisdom, and | 3 |
| most of all, his talks about God's extravagant love; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Reverend Larry D. Hodge as an | 7 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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