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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former
4 State Representative Gilbert Deavers of Blowing Rock, North
5 Carolina and Naples, Florida, formerly of Bloomington, on
6 December 15, 2006; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers was an insurance and financial
8 planner for more than 40 years; he was elected to the Illinois
9 House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979, serving as
10 Assistant Minority Leader his last year; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He was born in Lexington, Illinois on February 28,
12 1931; he graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a
13 Bachelor of Science degree and the University of Illinois with
14 a Master's degree; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers served in the United States Army
16 during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953; he served in a Mobile
17 Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit as an operating room
18 technician and received two bronze stars, a United Nations
19 service medal, and a National Defense service medal; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers taught at Normal Community High
21 School for seven years in subjects such as physical education,

 

 

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1 driver's education, and business education as well as coaching
2 football; and
 
3     WHEREAS, While serving in the Illinois House he served on
4 the Rules Committee as Chairperson and the Recreational
5 Council; and he enjoyed history, golf, poker, and fishing; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers is survived by his wife, Jane
7 Deavers; his son, Doug Deavers; and his daughter, Dianne
8 Siverly; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of former
12 State Representative Gilbert Deavers; and be it further
 
13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of Gilbert Deavers.