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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, Chief Arthur L. Weston of the Rockton Police | ||||||
7 | Department responded to a burglary-in-progress call on October | ||||||
8 | 27, 1977, locating the suspect in an upstairs bedroom; after | ||||||
9 | an intense struggle, he was able to place the suspect into | ||||||
10 | custody; as he was transporting the suspect to jail, he began | ||||||
11 | to experience chest pains and called for backup; he was taken | ||||||
12 | to a local hospital, where he died approximately one hour | ||||||
13 | later; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Chief Weston was born to Leo and Dorothy Weston | ||||||
15 | in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 1, 1925; he graduated from | ||||||
16 | West High School in 1943; he served in the U.S. Army during | ||||||
17 | World War II; he married Marion J. Peck on August 21, 1947; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Chief Weston started his career in law | ||||||
19 | enforcement as a patrolman for the Loves Park Police | ||||||
20 | Department; he was the former police chief and organizer of | ||||||
21 | the Rock Valley College Security Force; he also served as | ||||||
22 | police chief in Byron and Roscoe as well as deputy coroner for |
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1 | Winnebago County and deputy of the Winnebago County Sheriff's | ||||||
2 | Department; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, Chief Weston was a proud member of the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Police Association, the Rockton Rotary Club, and the Rockton | ||||||
5 | American Legion; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Chief Weston was a loving husband and father to | ||||||
7 | his wife and his five children; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Chief Weston was | ||||||
9 | survived by his wife, Marion Weston, and his children, Cindy | ||||||
10 | Gau, Vickey Roberts, Debbie Pasch, Wanda Vertterlli, and | ||||||
11 | William Weston; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Chief Weston gave his life in the line of duty, | ||||||
13 | and his service to and sacrifice for the people of Illinois | ||||||
14 | should never be forgotten; therefore, be it | ||||||
15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
16 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
17 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
18 | Illinois Route 2 in Rockton as the "Chief Arthur L. Weston | ||||||
19 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further | ||||||
20 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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1 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
2 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
3 | giving notice of the name "Chief Arthur L. Weston Memorial | ||||||
4 | Highway"; and be it further | ||||||
5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to the family of Chief Weston and the Secretary of | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Department of Transportation. |