Full Text of SJR0034 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals | 4 | | who served our country and in doing so have gone above and | 5 | | beyond the call of duty to take part in truly heroic tasks; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Alec | 7 | | Catherwood was born May 6, 1991 in Heilbronn, Germany; his | 8 | | parents were Kirk and Gretchen Catherwood; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood was a 2009 graduate of | 10 | | Byron High School and a member of the Future Farmers of America | 11 | | as a sentry; he was also a Boy Scout and had a black belt in Tae | 12 | | Kwon Do; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood enjoyed athletics, | 14 | | four-wheeling, mudding in his truck, shooting his shotgun, and | 15 | | spending time with his family, his fiancee, and his friends; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood was assigned to the 3rd | 18 | | Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division of the I | 19 | | Marine Expeditionary Force in Camp Pendleton, California; he | 20 | | passed away on October 14, 2010 while conducting combat | 21 | | operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood earned many personal | 2 | | service awards, including the Purple Heart, Combat Action | 3 | | Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism | 4 | | Service Medal, and Korean Defense Service Medal; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood is survived by his | 6 | | parents; his sister, Mikaela (Lance Cpl. Matthew, USMC) | 7 | | Montgomery; his fiancee, Hailey Patrick; his maternal | 8 | | grandparents, Donald and Mary Ernst; and many aunts, uncles, | 9 | | and cousins; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 12 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of Illinois | 13 | | Route 72 from the south side of the bridge in Byron to the | 14 | | Ogle/DeKalb County line as Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood | 15 | | Memorial Road in honor of Lance Corporal Alec Catherwood and | 16 | | his service to our nation; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 18 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 19 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 20 | | giving notice of the name of Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood | 21 | | Memorial Road; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 3 | | Transportation and the family of Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood.
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