093_SR0176 LRB093 12038 RAH 16704 r 1 SENATE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of 3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Deputy James 4 J. "Jim" Mulay of Dunlap on Monday, May 19, 2003; and 5 WHEREAS, Deputy Mulay died on duty in a two-vehicle crash 6 at a rural Medina Township intersection; and 7 WHEREAS, Born on August 14, 1972 in Peoria to Joseph J. 8 III and Rita M. Plaza Mulay, Deputy Mulay married Katie Shane 9 on July 4, 1998 in Peoria; and 10 WHEREAS, Deputy Mulay worked for the Peoria County 11 Sheriff's Department, where he was comissioned as a deputy on 12 October 6, 1995, and was instrumental in developing the STATT 13 Team concept; and 14 WHEREAS, He was the recipient of the 2000 Peoria County 15 Deputy Sheriff Honors Board Distinguished Police Duty Award, 16 letters of commendation from the Sheriff's Department, and 17 several letters of appreciation from Peoria County citizens 18 and leaders; and 19 WHEREAS, He was a volunteer for the Dunlap Fire and 20 Rescue Squad for 15 years, where he attained the rank of 21 captain; he was named Dunlap Fire and Rescue Fireman of the 22 Year in 1991 and recently passed the Fire/Arson Investigation 23 III Course conducted by the Illinois Fire Service Institute 24 at the University of Illinois; and 25 WHEREAS, He was an advisor for the Peoria County 26 Explorers and participated in the 1998 National Law 27 Enforcement Explorer Conference in Maryland; and 28 WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church in 29 Dunlap; and 30 WHEREAS, The passing of Deputy James Mulay has been -2- LRB093 12038 RAH 16704 r 1 deeply felt by all who knew him, especially his wife, Katie; 2 his children, Jacob and Joseph V; his parents, Rita M. and 3 Joseph J. Mulay III; and his brother, Joseph Mulay IV; 4 therefore, be it 5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing 7 of Deputy James J. "Jim" Mulay and express our sincere and 8 deepest sympathy to his family and friends; and be it further 9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 10 presented to the family of James J. "Jim" Mulay as an 11 expression of our condolences during their time of 12 bereavement.