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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot #1989 was killed | ||||||
3 | on June 23, 2001 at 1:38 a.m., the victim of a fatal | ||||||
4 | hit-and-run accident while supervising a roadside safety check | ||||||
5 | at the foot of the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot was born in Kewanee to Earl and | ||||||
7 | Sheila (Ringel) Talbot on August 26, 1950; he graduated from | ||||||
8 | Annawan High School in 1968 and attended Black Hawk | ||||||
9 | College-East Campus in Kewanee from 1968 to 1970; he earned his | ||||||
10 | bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1972 from Illinois State | ||||||
11 | University in Normal; he served in the Marine Corps ROTC while
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12 | in college and married
Shirley M. Engstrom in Bishop Hill
on | ||||||
13 | October 15, 1972; he married Ladonna Akins on November 4,
1989; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot joined the Bloomington
Police | ||||||
16 | Department and served with them for over two years before | ||||||
17 | attending the Illinois State Police Academy in 1975; he worked | ||||||
18 | for District 5 in Joliet until
transferring to District 7 in | ||||||
19 | East Moline, where he served until his death; he was a
member | ||||||
20 | of the National Rifle Association, the Illinois Police | ||||||
21 | Association, and Fraternal Order of
Police Troopers Lodge No. | ||||||
22 | 41; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot enjoyed shooting, hunting and | ||||||
2 | fishing, softball, and was a military
history buff; he had a | ||||||
3 | lifelong interest in farming; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot's daughter, Dyan, is a Master | ||||||
5 | Sergeant with the Illinois State Police, and his son, Doug, is | ||||||
6 | an officer with the Collinsville Police Department; therefore, | ||||||
7 | be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
10 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Centennial Bridge in | ||||||
11 | Rock Island as the "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot Memorial | ||||||
12 | Bridge"; and be it further | ||||||
13 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
14 | is
requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
15 | State
and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
16 | giving
notice of the name "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot | ||||||
17 | Memorial Bridge";
and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Stanley Talbot and Rock Island Mayor | ||||||
20 | Dennis E. Pauley.
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