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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of William D. Pierce of Highland, who passed
4 away on October 30, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, William D. Pierce was born January 27, 1934, in
6 Carlinville, the son of Lloyd C. and Helen E. nee Davidson
7 Pierce; he grew up in Greenville and was a graduate of
8 Greenville High School; on November 13, 1965, he married Peggy
9 J. Bess; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He began working for the Illinois State Police on
11 July 8, 1957 and was made Captain on November 30, 1982; he
12 retired as the Deputy Superintendent of Field Operations
13 December 31, 1985 with over 29 years of service; he was
14 appointed Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police in
15 Highland in early 1986 and served for some 12 years; he was
16 named Interim Chief of Police for Collinsville from September
17 of 2003 to June 25, 2004 and returned to Highland and again
18 served as Interim Chief of Police; he was appointed Interim
19 City Manager of Highland in 2005 for six months; and
 
20     WHEREAS, He received the East-West Gateway Council of
21 Governments 2007 Lifetime Public Service Award in November of
22 2007; he was the Parade Magazine Police Officer of the Year in

 

 

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1 the 1970s; he also received the Bob Hardy Citizen of the Year
2 Award from the Highland Chamber of Commerce; and
 
3     WHEREAS, He was a member of the Highland Rotary Club and
4 Paul Harris Fellow Recipient, the Highland Optimist Club,
5 former President of the Highland Area Community Foundation, a
6 20-year member and Past President of the Highland Chamber of
7 Commerce; he was also a member of the Evangelical United Church
8 of Christ in Highland; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Lloyd C.
10 Pierce; his mother, Helen E. (nee Davidson) Pierce; his wife,
11 Peggy Jean (nee Bess) Pierce; and his first wife, Marilyn J.
12 Pierce Hockett, nee Nau; and
 
13     WHEREAS, William D. Pierce is survived by his daughter,
14 Barbara A. (Danny) Tally; his son, Richard D. "Rick" (Cindy)
15 Pierce; his brother, Robert F. (Sylvia) Pierce; his
16 grandchildren, Brandon M. (Jill) Tally, Brooke D. (Matt) Lewis,
17 Nathan S. Pierce, and Jessica R. Pierce; his
18 great-grandchildren, Brodan M. Lewis and Brielle A. Lewis; his
19 Maltachon dog, Ruby; his mother-in-law, Maxine E. Bess Camp
20 (nee Mitchelle); his brothers-in-law, Leonard H. (Audrey) Bess
21 and Danny L. Bess; his sisters-in-law, Donna G. Frazier,
22 Shirley Y. Ridenhour, Linda L. (Anthony) Vesci, Carol S. (John)
23 Hasty, and Patricia A. (Randy) Lamb; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family and friends, the passing of William D. Pierce; and
4 be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of William D. Pierce as a symbol of our
7 sincere sympathy.