Full Text of HR0901 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Fred Moyers of Mounds, who passed away on | 4 | | August 13, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Fred Moyers was born to Thomas Oren and Lena Irena | 6 | | (Hayden) Moyers in Mound City on September 20, 1923; he married | 7 | | Helen Tally on February 6, 1943; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Fred Moyers was inducted into the Army on March 2, | 9 | | 1943; he was trained as a solider and then as an engineer and a | 10 | | top turret gunner on a B-26 Air Force bomber; in 1944, he | 11 | | joined the 9th Air Force 394 Bomb Group, 587 Bomb Squadron in | 12 | | England to prepare for the Normandy Invasion;
on D-Day, he and | 13 | | his group first bombed gun positions at Cherbourg and then | 14 | | struck communications, fuel supplies, and strong points in | 15 | | support of the Normandy Campaign;
he took part in the Battle of | 16 | | the Bulge in December 1944 through January 1945; he flew over | 17 | | enemy Germany for eight months and was shot down on his 45th | 18 | | mission; he subsequently lived with the Germans for three | 19 | | months; for his service, he was awarded the European African | 20 | | Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with four bronze stars, two | 21 | | overseas service bars, an air medal, and six oak leaf clusters; | 22 | | he was honorably discharged from the service on September 6, | 23 | | 1945; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After his service, Fred became a certified | 2 | | entomologist; he worked for Union Carbide for 17 years and was | 3 | | the owner and operator of Moyers Termite Control;
he was also a | 4 | | licensed real estate agent in Illinois and Missouri and served | 5 | | as Pulaski County Circuit Clerk for 25 years until his | 6 | | retirement; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Fred Moyers served as a board member at the Mounds | 8 | | First United Methodist Church; he was also a lifetime member of | 9 | | over 75 years at the VFW in Mounds; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Fred Moyers always loved learning about new | 11 | | things; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Fred Moyers was preceded in death by his parents | 13 | | and his sister, Gladys Louise Smith; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Fred Moyers is survived by his wife, Helen; his | 15 | | daughter, Emily Jiran; his son, Brian (Ronna) Moyers; his | 16 | | granddaughters, Jaymie Nunnery, Racheal Robison, and Sarah | 17 | | McLemore; his grandson, Christian Howell; his | 18 | | great-grandchildren, Brian Nunnery, Eli Nunnery, Jack | 19 | | McLemore, Luke McLemore, Andrew McLemore, Kate McLemore, and | 20 | | Ellie Howell; his many nieces and nephews; and his other | 21 | | relatives; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we mourn the passing of Fred Moyers and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 7 | | presented to the family of Fred Moyers as an expression of
our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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