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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Reginald 
4Lindell Hanks of Bolingbrook, who passed away on March 29, 
52011; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, He was born on May 25, 1949 to Daniel and Portia 
7Hanks; he married Ozella on December 7, 1974; he accepted 
8Christ at an early age and was baptized at Central Memorial 
9Missionary Baptist Church; he later rededicated his life and 
10was baptized at Living Word Christian Center, where he was a 
11faithful member and helped in the Loaves and Fish Ministry; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, He attended Jacob Beidler Elementary School and 
13Marshall High School and was later inducted into the Marshall 
14Alumni Hall of Fame; he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from 
15the University of Illinois Chicago and an MBA from the Lake 
16Forest Graduate School of Management; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, He worked in a variety of fields, including the 
18United States Post Office, Chicago radio stations, Milwaukee, 
19Wisconsin television stations, and as a radio announcer for a 
20Saturday night jazz show; he modeled for billboards and 
21posters, and point of sale materials nationwide; he worked as 
22an insurance agent for the Equitable Insurance Company; and he 
 
 
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1worked for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company (later Stroh 
2Brewing Company), working as support in 40 states; and
 
3    WHEREAS, he worked with the Chicago Mayor's Office of 
4Special Events, playing a major role in marketing the Taste of 
5Chicago; he was active in the Bolingbrook Community Basketball 
6league and was a well known high school basketball official, 
7traveling throughout the State to officiate games; and
 
8    WHEREAS, After obtaining his MBA, he began a career as a 
9contract lobbyist and formed Tri-State Employee Benefits 
10Consultants; he later formed Dorjar Gloves, a distributor of a 
11variety of gloves to hospitals, doctors, dentists, 
12municipalities, and corrections; and

  
 
13    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Daniel; 
14and his brother, Ronald; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Reginald Hanks is survived by his wife, Ozella; 
16his son, Daniel; his daughters, Aleccia, Janelle (Keenan), and 
17Regina; his grandsons, Jeffrey, Ronald, and Jiohvany; his 
18granddaughters, Avia and Kennedy; his mother, Portia; his 
19brothers-in-law, Kevin (Barbara) Patterson and Van Earl 
20Patterson; his sisters-in-law, Kathy Patterson, Susanna 
21Patterson, and Jacqueline Patterson; his uncle; several  aunts;  
22and a host of cousins, friends, and Commandos; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
3we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of 
4Reginald Hanks; and be it further
  
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
6presented to the family of Reginald Hanks as a symbol of our 
7sincere sympathy.