Full Text of HJR0086 98th 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 individuals
who gave their | 4 | | lives in the service of the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edgar County Deputy Sheriff John Dean Landrum gave | 6 | | his life in the line of duty on February
15, 1989 while | 7 | | responding to a domestic disturbance; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum was born January 12, 1937 | 9 | | in Centralia to John Paul and Irene B. (nee Wayman) Landrum; he | 10 | | married his loving wife, Kay Hamlin on June 26,
1958; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum graduated from Centralia | 12 | | High School in 1955 and from Kaskaskia Community College in | 13 | | 1957, where he earned a degree in drafting; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, After earning his degree, Deputy Sheriff Landrum | 15 | | worked for the Seiger heating company
in Centralia in 1957, for | 16 | | McDonald-Douglas in 1958 as a draftsman, and at
TrailMobile in | 17 | | Charleston in the late 1970's; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum went to Lincoln Christian | 19 | | College where he earned a
bachelor's degree in ministry in | 20 | | 1966; he served as a minister for one year at Keenes Christian
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| 1 | | Church in Keenes in 1966, as a house parent at Ladoga | 2 | | Children's home in Ladoga,
Indiana in 1967-1970, at Edgar | 3 | | County Children's Home in Paris, Illinois from 1970 until 1975, | 4 | | and
as a minister at Pleasant Hill Christian Church in Kansas, | 5 | | Illinois from 1975-1986; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum served as an Auxiliary | 7 | | Deputy in the early 1970's for the
Edgar County Sheriff's | 8 | | Department, and attended the police academy in Springfield from | 9 | | January 8th -
February 15, 1979, graduating from class 258-08 | 10 | | as class president; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum served as Chief of police | 12 | | of Kansas, Illinois from 1977-1982; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum became a part-time deputy | 14 | | at Edgar County Sheriff's
Department in 1982 and began serving | 15 | | full-time in 1987; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum's death left behind his | 17 | | wife, Kay (nee Hamlin) Landrum; his
daughters, Cheryl Clark and | 18 | | Lisa Weilhammer; his sons, John W.
Landrum, Curtis Landrum, and | 19 | | Chad Landrum; his 15
grandchildren; and his 5 | 20 | | great-grandchildren; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum courage will be remembered |
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| 1 | | fondly by his loving family, his
fellow officers, and all who | 2 | | knew him, and it is therefore fitting that we not forget Deputy | 3 | | Sheriff John
Dean Landrum's sacrifice; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
| 6 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of US | 7 | | Route 150 from Paris, Illinois to the Indiana border as the | 8 | | "Deputy Sheriff John D. Landrum Memorial Highway"; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 11 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 12 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 13 | | giving notice of the name; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Deputy Sheriff John D. Landrum and | 16 | | the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, Ann | 17 | | L. Schneider.
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