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4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of A. Dale Huston of Springfield, who |
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6 | 6 | | 4 passed away on January 20, 2025; and |
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7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Dale Huston, the son of Frederic W. "Ted" and |
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8 | 8 | | 6 Dorothy B. (Jardine) Huston, was born in Gibson City on |
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9 | 9 | | 7 September 5, 1940; he was raised on a livestock farm near |
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10 | 10 | | 8 Gibson City, graduating from the local high school; he earned |
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11 | 11 | | 9 a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from the University of |
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12 | 12 | | 10 Illinois; he also graduated from the Illinois Bankers |
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13 | 13 | | 11 Association School of Banking at Southern Illinois University |
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14 | 14 | | 12 Carbondale, the Graduate School of Banking at the University |
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15 | 15 | | 13 of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Senior Commercial Lenders School |
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16 | 16 | | 14 at the University of Oklahoma Norman; he married Judy A. Dube |
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17 | 17 | | 15 at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas in 1963; and |
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18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, Dale Huston belonged to the Reserve Officers' |
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19 | 19 | | 17 Training Corps (ROTC) program while attending the University |
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20 | 20 | | 18 of Illinois, where he received his commission as a second |
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21 | 21 | | 19 lieutenant; he served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam Era |
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22 | 22 | | 20 from 1962 to 1964, and he was assigned to the 6th Missile |
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23 | 23 | | 21 Battalion (HAWK), 71st Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas; he then |
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24 | 24 | | 22 served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1965 to 1969; and |
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33 | 33 | | 1 WHEREAS, Dale Huston worked for the Fox Valley Production |
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34 | 34 | | 2 Credit Association, part of the Farm Credit System, the |
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35 | 35 | | 3 original Illinois National Bank, which became First of America |
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36 | 36 | | 4 Bank, and National City Bank; he retired as executive vice |
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37 | 37 | | 5 president in charge of the Commercial Loan Division and other |
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38 | 38 | | 6 management responsibilities in 2000 after a total of 32 years |
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39 | 39 | | 7 with the bank; he joined the Geneva Mortgage Corporation as an |
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40 | 40 | | 8 associate in 2000, originating commercial real estate loans |
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41 | 41 | | 9 for various investors; he joined Hickory Point Bank as a |
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42 | 42 | | 10 senior relationship manager in 2011, where he served on the |
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43 | 43 | | 11 Loan Committee; after a 50-year career in banking, he retired |
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44 | 44 | | 12 in 2018; and |
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45 | 45 | | 13 WHEREAS, Dale Huston was a member of Westminster |
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46 | 46 | | 14 Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon, an elder, |
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47 | 47 | | 15 and a chairman of the Deacon Committee, the Endowment |
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48 | 48 | | 16 Committee, and the Property Committee; he was a member of |
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49 | 49 | | 17 Illini Country Club, the Springfield South Rotary Club, and |
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50 | 50 | | 18 the Springfield Downtown Rotary Club; he served as president |
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51 | 51 | | 19 and on the board of the Mental Health Centers of Central |
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52 | 52 | | 20 Illinois; he was a board member of the Springfield Chamber of |
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53 | 53 | | 21 Commerce, where he served on the Audit and Economic |
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54 | 54 | | 22 Development Committees and was chairman of the EDC; he also |
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55 | 55 | | 23 served on the boards of the Springfield Jaycees, the Small |
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56 | 56 | | 24 Business Growth Corporation, Downtown Springfield, Inc., the |
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57 | 57 | | 25 Downtown Springfield Heritage Foundation, and the Springfield |
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68 | 68 | | 1 Home Builders Association; and |
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69 | 69 | | 2 WHEREAS, Dale Huston enjoyed spending time with his |
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70 | 70 | | 3 family, especially during family trips to the beach and when |
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71 | 71 | | 4 he took his grandchildren to Eaton Ranch in Wyoming; his other |
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72 | 72 | | 5 interests included following University of Illinois sports, |
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73 | 73 | | 6 bird hunting, gardening, reading, studying family genealogy, |
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74 | 74 | | 7 overseeing his farmland, and listening to classic country |
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75 | 75 | | 8 music, bagpipes, old hymns, and music from the 1970s and |
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76 | 76 | | 9 1980s; and |
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77 | 77 | | 10 WHEREAS, Dale Huston was preceded in death by his parents |
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78 | 78 | | 11 and his brother, Frederic (Bill) W. Huston Jr.; and |
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79 | 79 | | 12 WHEREAS, Dale Huston is survived by his wife, Judy Huston; |
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80 | 80 | | 13 his children, Chad (Kara) Huston and Dana Huston; three |
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81 | 81 | | 14 grandchildren; his brother, Dennis (Irja) Huston; and two |
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82 | 82 | | 15 nieces and their families; therefore, be it |
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83 | 83 | | 16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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84 | 84 | | 17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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85 | 85 | | 18 A. Dale Huston and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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86 | 86 | | 19 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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88 | 88 | | 21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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