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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Ralph Hinger of Des Plaines, who recently passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, Ralph Hinger was a native of Chicago's Logan
6 Square neighborhood; he was a center on the basketball team
7 at St. Philip High School, that won the city championship in
8 1945; and
9 WHEREAS, Ralph Hinger went on to the University of Notre
10 Dame after high school, but left to serve in the United
11 States Army; he returned to Notre Dame after his time of
12 service ended and graduated in 1950; and
13 WHEREAS, Ralph Hinger coached basketball at St. Vincent
14 High School in Mt. Vernon, Ohio and Bethlehem Community
15 Center in Chicago before being named head basketball coach at
16 St. Ignatius High School in Chicago, where he coached from
17 1955 to 1963; he went on to be named head basketball coach at
18 Notre Dame High School in Niles, where he coached from 1963
19 to 1977; he continued to teach physical education and assist
20 the athletic director until his retirement in 1988; and
21 WHEREAS, Ralph Hinger, as a basketball coach, was renown
22 for his gentlemanly and soft-spoken demeanor; he was a member
23 of the Chicago Catholic League Coaches Association Hall of
24 Fame and the Illinois High School Coaches Association
25 Basketball Hall of Fame; and
26 WHEREAS, Ralph Hinger also enjoyed the poetry of Robert
27 Service, reading mysteries and historical biographies, and
28 doing crossword puzzles; his passing will be felt by all
29 those that knew him, but especially by his wife, Marianne,
30 his daughter, Judy Borucki, and his sister, Dee Blicharski;
31 therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we wish to extend
3 sympathy to the family and friends of Ralph Hinger of Des
4 Plaines, Illinois, at this time of loss; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to his wife, Mrs. Marianne Hinger.
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