Bill Text: IL SR0167 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of former Hillsboro Mayor Harold Whitten.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0167 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SR0167-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of former Hillsboro Mayor Harold DeWitt
Whitten, who passed away on March 5, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Whitten was a 1942 graduate of Coffeen High
School; he was born July 1, 1923, in Coffeen, son of the late
Jesse and Alta (Elam) Whitten; and
WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army in Europe
during World War II; he had a long career in the Hillsboro
community, including serving as Supervisor of Assessments at
Coffeen, Montgomery County Sheriff from 1958 to 1962, and
Montgomery County Treasurer from 1962 to 1964; he served as CEO
of the Montgomery County National Bank, now National Bank, for
20 years and had been employed with Production Credit
Association; and
WHEREAS, He was employed at the Department of Commerce and
Community Affairs for eight years in Springfield; he was
elected Mayor of Hillsboro in 1995 and served for eight years;
Mr. Whitten held memberships in the Calvary Baptist Church in
Hillsboro, the Kiwanis Club, the Sheriff's Association, and the
American Banker's Association; he was a lifelong member of
Hillsboro Moose Lodge #1377 and a 50-year member of Mt. Moriah

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Masonic Lodge 51 AF & AM; and
WHEREAS, He married Mary Evelyn Satterlee on July 19, 1947,
in Bond County, and she passed away on December 31, 1982; he
married Mary Lee Reeves on February 15, 1997, at Calvary
Baptist Church, Hillsboro; and
WHEREAS, Harold Whitten was preceded in death by his
stepdaughter, Cheri Yaeger; his grandchildren, Neil Pachesa
and Jessica Whitten; and his brother, Dwight Whitten; and
WHEREAS, Harold Whitten is survived by his wife, Mary Lee;
his children, Harold Dean (wife Linda) Whitten, Mike (wife
Cheryl) Whitten, Doris M. (husband Dr. Roger) McFarlin, Mary
Lou Whitten, Gayle A. (husband Roy) Harrell, Paula Luebbert,
and Jim (wife Pat) White; his stepson, Dale (wife Janet)
Reeves; his grandchildren, Jason and Jeremy Whitten, Matt
Pachesa, Amy Maedge, Mary Whitten, Nicole and Marissa Harrell,
and Jarod and Nick Luebbert; his stepgrandchildren, Tara
Reeves, Jason Yaeger and Stacy Kalmbacher; his five
great-grandchildren; his sister, Dorothy Lentz; and his
sisters-in-law, Clara Mae Whitten and Lavonne Satterlee;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with

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his family and friends, the passing of Harold Whitten; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Harold Whitten as a symbol of our
sincere sympathy.