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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Robert F. Hillenbrand of Naperville, who 
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passed away on July 24, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert F. Hillenbrand was born March 5, 1925, in 
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Woodcliff, New Jersey, to immigrant parents; he was a 1950 
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graduate of North Central College with a Bachelor of Arts 
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degree and received a Master of Arts degree from the University 
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of Chicago and an additional graduate degree, the Advanced 
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Certificate, from the University of Illinois; he was a member 
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of the Phi Delta Kappa professional fraternity; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Hillenbrand taught in the Bensenville and 
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Elmhurst elementary schools, followed by 29 years as an 
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elementary school administrator in Naperville School District 
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203; he was an elementary teaching principal in St. Charles and 
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was a principal of four Naperville schools; in his retirement, 
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he acted as a hearing officer for 15 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was the past president of the DuPage Elementary 
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Principals Association, and a member of the City Plan 
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Commission and the Naperville Sesquicentennial Committee; he 
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maintained a strong interest in the future of North Central 
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College and had deep connections with the Community United 
 


 






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Methodist Church; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Hillenbrand was an avid reader and 
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storyteller, and led discussions for his church class' book 
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group, as well as sponsoring "Books Between Bites" at the 
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Community United Methodist Church; he was a World War II Army 
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veteran, entering the army upon graduation in 1943, from 
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Mooseheart Academy in Batavia; he served with the Tenth 
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Mountain Division, earning the Bronze Star for meritorious 
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service in combat near Gaggio Montano, Italy; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and 
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sister; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years and 
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a former Naperville kindergarten teacher, Betty (nee 
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Jacobson); his daughters, Ashleyann (Ann Clare) Hillenbrand 
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Carlson and Martha Beth Hillenbrand Jones; and his 
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grandchildren, Daniel Warren Jones and Katherine Hillary 
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Jones; therefore, be it

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

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Robert Hillenbrand as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.