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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot #1989 was killed 
3on June 23, 2001 at 1:38 a.m., the victim of a fatal 
4hit-and-run accident while supervising a roadside safety check 
5at the foot of the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot was born in Kewanee to Earl and 
7Sheila (Ringel) Talbot on August 26, 1950; he graduated from 
8Annawan High School in 1968 and attended Black Hawk 
9College-East Campus in Kewanee from 1968 to 1970; he earned his 
10bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1972 from Illinois State 
11University in Normal; he served in the Marine Corps ROTC while

12in college and married
Shirley M. Engstrom in Bishop Hill
on 
13October 15, 1972; he married Ladonna Akins on November 4,
1989; 
14and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot joined the Bloomington
Police 
16Department and served with them for over two years before 
17attending the Illinois State Police Academy in 1975; he worked 
18for District 5 in Joliet until
transferring to District 7 in 
19East Moline, where he served until his death; he was a
member 
20of the National Rifle Association, the Illinois Police 
21Association, and Fraternal Order of
Police Troopers Lodge No. 
2241; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot enjoyed shooting, hunting and 
2fishing, softball,  and was a military
history buff; he had a 
3lifelong interest in farming; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot's daughter, Dyan, is a Master 
5Sergeant with the Illinois State Police, and his son, Doug, is 
6an officer with the Collinsville Police Department; therefore, 
7be it
 


  
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
10CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Centennial Bridge in 
11Rock Island as the "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot Memorial 
12Bridge"; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 
14is
requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with 
15State
and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs 
16giving
notice of the name "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot 
17Memorial Bridge";
and be it further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
19presented to the family of Stanley Talbot and Rock Island Mayor 
20Dennis E. Pauley.