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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who gave their | ||||||
4 | lives in the service of the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle W. Deatherage of Highland, gave his | ||||||
6 | life in the line of duty on November 26, 2012; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage was born on April 11, | ||||||
8 | 1980, in Maryville; the son of Barry W. Sr. and April Kay (nee | ||||||
9 | Karpowicz) Deatherage; he married his loving wife, Sarah, on | ||||||
10 | September 16, 2006; and | ||||||
11 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage as a youth lived in | ||||||
12 | Collinsville before moving with his family to St. Jacob in 1990 | ||||||
13 | and graduated from Triad High School in 1998; he subsequently | ||||||
14 | earned his associate's degree in criminal justice at Lewis and | ||||||
15 | Clark College; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage began his career in law | ||||||
17 | enforcement with the Staunton Police Department; he later | ||||||
18 | worked for the Madison County Sheriff's Office from July 7, | ||||||
19 | 2004 until May 28, 2009; on May 31, 2009, he became an Illinois | ||||||
20 | State Trooper with District 18 and began serving as a motor | ||||||
21 | officer; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage enjoyed fishing, hunting | ||||||
2 | turkey, deer, and birds and spending time with his close | ||||||
3 | friends and his fellow officers; he was known for always being | ||||||
4 | willing to help; above all, he loved his children and his wife, | ||||||
5 | Sarah; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage was preceded in death by | ||||||
7 | his paternal grandfather, Ralph M. Deatherage; and his maternal | ||||||
8 | grandparents, Casmir and Rose Anna Karpowicz; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage is survived by his wife, | ||||||
10 | Sarah A. (nee Gregory) Deatherage; his daughter, Kaylee Ann | ||||||
11 | Deatherage; his son, Camden Kyle Deatherage; his father, Barry | ||||||
12 | W. Deatherage Sr.; his mother, April Kay (nee Karpowicz) | ||||||
13 | Deatherage; his brothers, Barry W. Deatherage Jr. and Kenneth | ||||||
14 | M. (Ashleigh) Deatherage; his sister, Anna B. Deatherage; his | ||||||
15 | paternal grandmother, Brooksie M. (nee South) Deatherage; and | ||||||
16 | his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gean B. and Eleanor L. | ||||||
17 | (nee Christin) Gregory; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Governor Pat Quinn honored Trooper Kyle | ||||||
19 | Deatherage by ordering the United States and Illinois flags | ||||||
20 | flown at half-staff from sunrise, Thursday, November 29, 2012, | ||||||
21 | until sunset, Saturday, December 1, 2012; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Police officers from Illinois, Missouri, the | ||||||
2 | Texas Highway Patrol, the Louisiana State Police, the Ohio | ||||||
3 | State Patrol, and Patriot Guard riders joined a procession of | ||||||
4 | motorcycles and squad cars to Marine City Cemetery where | ||||||
5 | Trooper Kyle Deatherage was laid to rest with honors; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Trooper Kyle Deatherage's courage will be | ||||||
7 | remembered fondly by his loving family, his fellow officers, | ||||||
8 | and all who knew him, and it is therefore fitting that we not | ||||||
9 | forget Trooper Kyle Deatherage's sacrifice; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the northbound and | ||||||
13 | southbound Coalfield rest stops located at mile post 64 on | ||||||
14 | Interstate 55 in the State of Illinois as the "Trooper Kyle | ||||||
15 | Deatherage Memorial Rest Stop"; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
17 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
18 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
19 | giving notice of the name; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Trooper Kyle Deatherage, Governor | ||||||
22 | Pat Quinn, the director of the Illinois State Police, and the |
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1 | secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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