Full Text of SR0067 95th General Assembly
SR0067 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of former State Representative Gilbert | 4 |
| Deavers of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, formerly of | 5 |
| Bloomington, on December 15, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers was an insurance and financial | 7 |
| planner for more than 40 years; he was elected to the Illinois | 8 |
| House of Representatives, serving from 1973 to 1979, and was | 9 |
| Assistant Minority Leader his last year; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Lexington, Illinois on February 28, | 11 |
| 1931; he graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a | 12 |
| Bachelor of Science degree and the University of Illinois with | 13 |
| a Master's degree; and
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| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers served in the United States Army | 15 |
| during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953; he served in a Mobile | 16 |
| Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit as an operating room | 17 |
| technician and received two bronze stars, a United Nations | 18 |
| service medal, and a National Defense service medal; and
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| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers taught at Normal Community High | 20 |
| School for seven years in subjects such as physical education, | 21 |
| driver's education, and business education as well as coaching |
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| football; and
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| WHEREAS, While serving in the Illinois House he served on | 3 |
| the Rules Committee as Chairperson and the Recreational | 4 |
| Council; and he enjoyed history, golf, poker, and fishing; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers is survived by his wife, Jane | 6 |
| Deavers; his son, Doug Deavers; and his daughter, Dianne | 7 |
| Siverly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of former State | 11 |
| Representative Gilbert Deavers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Gilbert Deavers.
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