SR0587 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Arthur W. Hustis of Marseilles, who passed away on September 13, 2009; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was born on July 23, 1929, in Cold Spring, New York; his parents were Roger and Helen Gravel Hustis; he married JoAnn Laatz on September 4, 1954; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis served his country with pride and distinction as a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the Korean Conflict, having served with the occupation forces in Germany; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis retired from the former Nabisco Company in Marseilles after many years of service as a printing press operator; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was a member of the First Congregational-United Church of Christ in Ottawa, where he served 2 separate terms as moderator; he was a member of the Marseilles Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5506 and a past master and 50-year member of Marseilles Masonic Lodge 417, A.F. & A.M.; he was a member and past patron of the former Ramona Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Marseilles; he was also a member of the Bloomington Consistory, the Mohammed Temple in Peoria, the Starved Rock Civil War Round Table of Ottawa, and the Mendota Clown Funsters; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was the great-great-grandson of Union Major General G. Kimble Warren, the hero of the Battle of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis was preceded in death by his parents; and

WHEREAS, Arthur Hustis is survived by his wife, JoAnn Hustis; his son, Roger E. Hustis; his daughter, Adele Anne Hustis; and his brothers, William A.R. (Sherry) Hustis and Harvey H. (Hilda) Hustis; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Arthur W. Hustis; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Arthur Hustis as an expression of our sympathy.