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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of William D. Pierce of Highland, who passed |
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| away on October 30, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, William D. Pierce was born January 27, 1934, in |
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| Carlinville, the son of Lloyd C. and Helen E. nee Davidson |
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| Pierce; he grew up in Greenville and was a graduate of |
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| Greenville High School; on November 13, 1965, he married Peggy |
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| J. Bess; and
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| WHEREAS, He began working for the Illinois State Police on |
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| July 8, 1957 and was made Captain on November 30, 1982; he |
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| retired as the Deputy Superintendent of Field Operations |
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| December 31, 1985 with over 29 years of service; he was |
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| appointed Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police in |
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| Highland in early 1986 and served for some 12 years; he was |
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| named Interim Chief of Police for Collinsville from September |
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| of 2003 to June 25, 2004 and returned to Highland and again |
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| served as Interim Chief of Police; he was appointed Interim |
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| City Manager of Highland in 2005 for six months; and
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| WHEREAS, He received the East-West Gateway Council of |
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| Governments 2007 Lifetime Public Service Award in November of |
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| 2007; he was the Parade Magazine Police Officer of the Year in |
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| the 1970s; he also received the Bob Hardy Citizen of the Year |
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| Award from the Highland Chamber of Commerce; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Highland Rotary Club and |
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| Paul Harris Fellow Recipient, the Highland Optimist Club, |
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| former President of the Highland Area Community Foundation, a |
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| 20-year member and Past President of the Highland Chamber of |
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| Commerce; he was also a member of the Evangelical United Church |
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| of Christ in Highland; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Lloyd C. |
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| Pierce; his mother, Helen E. (nee Davidson) Pierce; his wife, |
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| Peggy Jean (nee Bess) Pierce; and his first wife, Marilyn J. |
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| Pierce Hockett, nee Nau; and
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| WHEREAS, William D. Pierce is survived by his daughter, |
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| Barbara A. (Danny) Tally; his son, Richard D. "Rick" (Cindy) |
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| Pierce; his brother, Robert F. (Sylvia) Pierce; his |
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| grandchildren, Brandon M. (Jill) Tally, Brooke D. (Matt) Lewis, |
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| Nathan S. Pierce, and Jessica R. Pierce; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Brodan M. Lewis and Brielle A. Lewis; his |
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| Maltachon dog, Ruby; his mother-in-law, Maxine E. Bess Camp |
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| (nee Mitchelle); his brothers-in-law, Leonard H. (Audrey) Bess |
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| and Danny L. Bess; his sisters-in-law, Donna G. Frazier, |
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| Shirley Y. Ridenhour, Linda L. (Anthony) Vesci, Carol S. (John) |
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| Hasty, and Patricia A. (Randy) Lamb; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of William D. Pierce; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of William D. Pierce as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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