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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of longtime WLS-Channel 7 political reporter
4and editor Hugh Hill, who passed away on October 18, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Hugh Hill was born in Gillespie; he served his
6country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II
7and attended the University of Missouri, where he studied
8journalism; he married Jacqualyne Williams; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Hugh Hill arrived in Chicago in 1953 and started
10working in radio; after working for WBBM radio and WBBM-Channel
112, he joined WLS-Channel 7 in 1963, retiring in 1996; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Hugh Hill was a fan of the Saint Louis Cardinals
13and enjoyed playing golf; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Hugh Hill is survived by his wife, Jacqualyne; his
15brother, James; his sons, Caven, Michael, and Steve; his
16daughters, Helen Wenzel and Jennifer Vitter; his 9
17grandchildren; and his 5 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
20Hugh Hill, and extend our sincere condolences to his family,

 

 

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1friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of Hugh Hill as an expression of our
4deepest sympathy.