Full Text of HR0101 94th General Assembly
HR0101 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of | 4 |
| Warren V. Hileman of Anna on January 30, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Hileman, age 103, was the last remaining | 6 |
| World War I veteran residing in any of the State's veteran | 7 |
| homes, and he may have been the only one in the State; and
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| WHEREAS, It was wanderlust that led him to enlist in the | 9 |
| war when he was just 17, and he found himself sent to Siberia | 10 |
| as part of the American Expeditionary Force; he landed in | 11 |
| Vladivostok on September 6, 1919, a bit shy of his 18th | 12 |
| birthday, and his unit remained in Siberia until 1921, long | 13 |
| after the war had ended in November 1918; and
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| WHEREAS, From Siberia, his outfit was transferred to the | 15 |
| Philippine Islands after going through China and seeing the | 16 |
| Great Wall; he was briefly in Nagasaki, Japan, and later was | 17 |
| transferred to Scofield Barracks in Hawaii; he was discharged | 18 |
| from service in 1922 at Fort McDowell on San Francisco Bay; and
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| WHEREAS, After working upstate, he moved back to his native | 20 |
| Union County when he retired at age 70; he moved into the | 21 |
| Illinois Veterans Home in Anna in 1995; he continued to drive | 22 |
| to Jonesboro to visit his friends and family well into his 90s, | 23 |
| giving up driving at age 98; he was a life member of Carroll P. | 24 |
| Foster VFW Post 3455; and
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| WHEREAS, In January 2004, 84 years after the Great War | 26 |
| ended, he received the World War I Victory Medal; his unit, | 27 |
| Company B, 27th Infantry, was involved in a hostile encounter | 28 |
| in Posolskaya which entitled him to the medal; January 14, 2004 | 29 |
| was declared Warren V. Hileman Day in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Mae | 2 |
| Elizabeth, who died in 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Warren V. Hileman is felt by all | 4 |
| who knew and loved him, especially his daughter and son-in-law, | 5 |
| Janet and Joseph Hardin; his two grandchildren, his | 6 |
| great-grandchildren; and other relatives; and
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| WHEREAS, His bravery and willingness to serve his country | 8 |
| will never be forgotten; it is because of true heroes like | 9 |
| Warren Hileman that each U.S. citizen has the freedoms they | 10 |
| enjoy; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| together with his family, friends, fellow members of the United | 14 |
| States armed forces, and the grateful citizens of this State | 15 |
| and this great nation, we mourn the passing of Warren V. | 16 |
| Hileman and we extend to his family our sincerest condolences; | 17 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 20 |
| sympathy.
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