Full Text of SR1303 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of William Howard "Bill" Huff of Urbana, who | 4 | | passed away on October 30, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Huff was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 29, | 6 | | 1922 to Howard and Elsie Huff; he graduated from Western High | 7 | | School in 1940 and worked at a series of jobs before landing at | 8 | | the Ford Automobile Factory Power House in Dearborn, Michigan; | 9 | | he was called up for active duty in 1942 and served as a | 10 | | Corporal in the 6th Amphibious Engineers Specialist Brigade; he | 11 | | returned to the United States in 1945 following his service and | 12 | | attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; he graduated | 13 | | with a degree in elementary education in 1948 and a master's | 14 | | degree in library science in 1950; he married Mary Josefovich | 15 | | at the Little Country Church in Chicago on October 28, 1951; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bill Huff began working as a librarian for | 18 | | Northwestern University in Evanston; he then worked for the | 19 | | University of Illinois-Chicago at Navy Pier before moving to | 20 | | Urbana in 1957 to work for the University of Illinois; he | 21 | | turned his trips to American Library Association meetings into | 22 | | family vacations and would often haul the family cross-county, | 23 | | stopping at numerous points along the route; he finished his |
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| 1 | | career as the Assistant Director for Collection Development and | 2 | | Preservation with a title of Professor Emeritus; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bill Huff enjoyed painting and traveling in | 4 | | retirement; he and his wife spent winters in their home in Port | 5 | | Orange, Florida and traveled the world; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Huff and his wife were active members of the | 7 | | Unitarian Universalist Church; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bill Huff was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, | 9 | | and his sisters, Catherine and Virginia; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bill Huff is survived by his 4 sons and a | 11 | | daughter, Craig Huff (Debbie), Bryan Huff (Yan Liu), Glenn | 12 | | Huff, Dale Huff (Debra Book), and Cathy Demeroukas (Chris); his | 13 | | grandchildren, Aaron Huff, Jonathan Huff, Angela Cross | 14 | | (Justin), Nathan Huff (Kate Philbeck), Sophia Huff, Michelle | 15 | | Demeroukas-Fetterman (Michael), and Alex Demeroukas; and his 3 | 16 | | great-grandchildren, Tristan and Emily Cross and Magdalene | 17 | | Huff; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | William Howard "Bill" Huff, and extend our sincere condolences | 21 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Bill Huff as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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