Full Text of HR0086 95th General Assembly
HR0086 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | 4 |
| State Representative Gilbert Deavers of Blowing Rock, North | 5 |
| Carolina and Naples, Florida, formerly of Bloomington, on | 6 |
| December 15, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers was an insurance and financial | 8 |
| planner for more than 40 years; he was elected to the Illinois | 9 |
| House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979, serving as | 10 |
| Assistant Minority Leader his last year; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Lexington, Illinois on February 28, | 12 |
| 1931; he graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a | 13 |
| Bachelor of Science degree and the University of Illinois with | 14 |
| a Master's degree; and
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| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers served in the United States Army | 16 |
| during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953; he served in a Mobile | 17 |
| Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit as an operating room | 18 |
| technician and received two bronze stars, a United Nations | 19 |
| service medal, and a National Defense service medal; and
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| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers taught at Normal Community High | 21 |
| School for seven years in subjects such as physical education, |
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| driver's education, and business education as well as coaching | 2 |
| football; and
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| WHEREAS, While serving in the Illinois House he served on | 4 |
| the Rules Committee as Chairperson and the Recreational | 5 |
| Council; and he enjoyed history, golf, poker, and fishing; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Gilbert Deavers is survived by his wife, Jane | 7 |
| Deavers; his son, Doug Deavers; and his daughter, Dianne | 8 |
| Siverly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of former | 12 |
| State Representative Gilbert Deavers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Gilbert Deavers.
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