Bill Text: IL HR0584 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Hubert W. Woodruff II of Salem.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0584 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0584-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Hubert W. | ||||||
4 | "Jess" Woodruff II of Salem, who passed away on September 14, | ||||||
5 | 2019; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Hubert Woodruff was born in Oneida, South Dakota | ||||||
7 | to Constance Noste and Lewis McCabe Woodruff on July 14, 1923; | ||||||
8 | he attended Peoria Central High School, where he met Helen | ||||||
9 | Siepert, the woman he would eventually marry; he served in the | ||||||
10 | U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II as a Pilot Commander of a | ||||||
11 | B-17 Bomber, acquiring 756 hours of military flight time and | ||||||
12 | rising to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant; after the war, he resumed | ||||||
13 | his education, graduating from Bradley University in Peoria and | ||||||
14 | then from the University of Illinois, where he earned a Juris | ||||||
15 | Doctorate; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Hubert Woodruff lived in Iowa, Missouri, | ||||||
17 | Pennsylvania, and Minnesota before settling in Illinois in | ||||||
18 | 1940; he began his career as a practicing attorney in Peoria; | ||||||
19 | he interrupted his practice in 1956 to serve as the State | ||||||
20 | Senator for the 18th District (Peoria); he then resumed the | ||||||
21 | practice of law as a corporate attorney with Christian | ||||||
22 | Universal Life, which resulted in his family's relocation to | ||||||
23 | Salem in 1963; he later opened a law office in Salem, where he |
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1 | practiced until his retirement; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Hubert Woodruff was preceded in death by his | ||||||
3 | parents; his brothers, Vaughn N. and Maurice L. Woodruff; and | ||||||
4 | his sister, Corrine E. Woodruff Michel; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Hubert Woodruff is survived by his wife of 75 | ||||||
6 | years, Helen S. Woodruff; his sons, Jeffrey, Bradley, Todd, and | ||||||
7 | Gregg; his daughter, Deborah; six grandchildren; and ten | ||||||
8 | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
10 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we mourn the passing of Hubert W. "Jess" Woodruff II and extend | ||||||
12 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
13 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Hubert Woodruff as an expression of | ||||||
16 | our deepest sympathy.
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