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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Residents of Frankfort Township and the Village of 
3Mokena lost an
active and beloved community leader with the 
4recent passing of Bruce Edmund
Ebert; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert passed away peacefully with his family 
6around him at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital on February 9, 
72015; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert graduated from Lincoln-Way High 
9School in 1964; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert served his local community, State, and 
11country with honor
in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969; 
12and
 
13    WHEREAS, In 1972, Bruce Ebert married Diane Tuttle and they 
14began their life
together in Mokena; and
 
15    WHEREAS, In 1978, Bruce and Diane Ebert started Ebert 
16Electric in Mokena, which
is still in business today; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert served his neighbors and his community 
18in a variety of
public positions, including President of the 
19Mokena School Board, President of
the Lincoln-Way Band 
 
 
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1Boosters, President of the St. John's Church Council, and

2Frankfort Township Trustee; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert also was an active member of the 
4Mokena Lions Club and
the Historical Society; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert loved spending time with his family, 
6and he particularly
enjoyed cheering at his grandchildren's 
7sporting and school events, tending to his
yard, dancing with 
8his wife, and driving his Oliver tractor; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert will be greatly missed by all of those 
10whose lives he
touched and improved by his dedicated service; 
11and
  
 
  
12    WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert is survived by his wife of 42 years,

13Diane; his children, LeeAnn (Bret) Taylor and Bryant 
14(Christie); his grandchildren, Jessica and Brian Taylor and  
15Gavin and Breanna Ebert; his
siblings, Dale (Lynn Laas) and 
16Dianne (Robert) Schultz; his in-laws, Robert (Valerie) Horras, 
17Dorothy Tuttle, Sheree (Richard) Kinder, and Neil
(Rose) 
18Tuttle; and numerous family members and friends; therefore, be 
19it
  
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
21NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
 
 
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1mourn, along with his family, friends, and neighbors, the 
2passing of Bruce Edmund Ebert; and be it further
  
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
4presented to the family of
Bruce Ebert as a symbol of our 
5sympathy and our gratitude.