Full Text of HJR0017 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE 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 have served our country and State and, in doing so, have | 5 | | made the ultimate sacrifice; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Donald "Nick" Weist was | 7 | | born to Kevin Weist and Robin Monson in Platteville, Wisconsin | 8 | | on July 28, 1987; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Weist married the love of his life, | 10 | | Jessica Weist, on January 11, 2012; he was a devoted husband | 11 | | and father to Jessica and his two children, Ava, age 12, and | 12 | | Emery, age 9; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Weist wanted to be a police officer since | 14 | | he was very little; he graduated from Western Illinois | 15 | | University in 2009 with a degree in law enforcement and | 16 | | justice administration; following an internship with the Rock | 17 | | Island Police Department, he worked as a security guard for | 18 | | Trinity Hospital in the Quad Cities; in 2012, he was hired by | 19 | | the Mercer County Sheriff's Department as a 911 dispatcher and | 20 | | then as a correctional officer; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, On June 26, 2015, Deputy Weist was sworn into the |
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| 1 | | Aledo Police Department, and after graduating from the | 2 | | Illinois Police Training Institute in September 2015, he began | 3 | | his career on the road; he was also a volunteer for the Viola | 4 | | Fire Department; in 2018, he began working as a sheriff's | 5 | | deputy for Knox County, where he was working at the time of his | 6 | | death; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Weist's first priority was his family; he | 8 | | loved anything outdoors, and he especially enjoyed mountain | 9 | | biking and fishing with his children; he also enjoyed deer | 10 | | hunting, cooking, and playing video games; as a son, he cared | 11 | | deeply for his "Mama Bear" and his father, Kevin, whom he | 12 | | called "Papooh"; he was passionate about everything he did; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Weist organized the explorer's program at | 15 | | Aledo High School for kids interested in law enforcement and | 16 | | was the head of college recruiting for the Knox County | 17 | | Sheriff's Department; he was the union president and a Taser | 18 | | instructor and served as a leader in a number of different | 19 | | organizations within the sheriff's department; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Deputy Weist raised funds | 21 | | for and participated in the Shop with a Cop program; his | 22 | | dedication to the sheriff's department was unrelenting; he was | 23 | | respectful to all people, selfless, and always took care of |
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| 1 | | others before himself; he continuously searched for ways to | 2 | | improve the department; he was a good husband and father and an | 3 | | amazing officer; he never highlighted a problem without | 4 | | offering a solution; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Weist gave his life in the line of duty | 6 | | while in pursuit of an armed subject; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Weist was preceded in death by his | 8 | | maternal grandmother, Peggy Mueller, and his paternal | 9 | | grandmother, Mary Lou Weist; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Deputy Weist was | 11 | | survived by his wife, Jessica; his children, Ava and Emery; | 12 | | his parents, Robin (Bill) Monson and Kevin Weist; his sister, | 13 | | Lindsay Weist; his paternal grandfather, Donald Weist; his | 14 | | maternal grandfathers, Donald Mueller and Jim (Carol) Nicholas | 15 | | Jr.; his stepsiblings Jason (Cathleen) Monson, Bill | 16 | | (Christina) Monson, Ryan (Annie) Monson, Renee (Cory) Funk, | 17 | | and Megan Monson; his in-laws, Cheryl and Lawrence Milder; his | 18 | | sisters, Kendra (Michael) Elledge and Jennifer (Joe) Kindon; | 19 | | and his brother, Benjy Milder (Tiffany Bogardo); therefore, be | 20 | | it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| 1 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 150 | 2 | | from Galesburg Main Street to the intersection of U.S. Route | 3 | | 150 and Illinois Route 17 in Alpha as the "Deputy Sheriff Nick | 4 | | Weist Memorial Highway"; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 6 | | is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with | 7 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 8 | | giving notice of the name "Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial | 9 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family Deputy Weist and the Secretary of | 12 | | Transportation.
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