Honorable W. Robert Blair II, age 83, of Chicago, IL, Sarasota, FL, and Somonauk, IL. Former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Chairman of the Illinois Transportation Study Commission, House Counsel for, and Assistant to the President of Swift and Company, Judge Advocate General, Amarillo, TX, and at Chanute Air Force Base, IL, Lieutenant Air Force Veteran. Beloved husband of Rozanne M. Blair, nee Leszko; fond father of Steven Blair, Mark Blair, Susan Blair, Jeannine (Jacques) Fleurant, Sandy (Brian) Bakalich, Jennifer (Joe Coppolillo) Joyce, Kevin (Jennifer) Joyce, Christopher (Kelly) Joyce and the late Warren Joyce Jr.; dear grandfather of Brendon Joyce, Alexandra Bakalich, Olivia Joyce, Rachel Bakalich, Collin Joyce; Gavin Joyce Mark Blair, Amanda Blair, Savannah Blair and Justice Blair; loving brother of James (Linda) Blair. Visitation Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 3 P.M. to 8 P.M. and Thursday, January 23, 2014, 9 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. at
Hitzeman Funeral Home Ltd., 9445 West 31
st Street, Brookfield. Funeral 9:30 A.M. to St. Louise de Marillac Church, La Grange Park, Mass 10 A.M. Interment Private. Memorials appreciated to the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, 2nd Floor, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814. Information 708-485-2000 or
www.HitzemanFuneral.com
