Full Text of HR0333 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Brett A. | 4 | | Korves of St. Jacob, who passed away on April 4, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Brett Korves was born in Belleville to Jack and | 6 | | Shelly (Tribout) Korves on March 9, 1989; he married Alex | 7 | | Steinkoenig in Collinsville on October 17, 2015; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Brett Korves was a third generation firefighter | 9 | | and a ten-year veteran of the Swansea Fire Department, where he | 10 | | worked as a paid, on-call firefighter; in 2012, the fire | 11 | | department's command staff voted him firefighter of the year, | 12 | | and he won, in part, because of the work he put in as one of the | 13 | | leaders of the department's cadet program; he also worked as a | 14 | | delivery driver for a company in north St. Louis County; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Brett Korves was an accomplished dirt-track | 16 | | racer; he was a two-time track champion at Belle-Clair | 17 | | Speedway, where he was known as "#25 The Kid Korves" and was a | 18 | | two-time rookie of the year; he was loved by the racing | 19 | | community; he was a member of the AARA; he was always ready to | 20 | | help and worked many church and homecoming picnics with the | 21 | | Tribout's family business; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Brett Korves was preceded in death by his | 2 | | grandfather, Robert Korves; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Brett Korves is survived by his wife, Alex; his | 4 | | son, Brock Korves; his parents; his brother, Todd (Rachelle) | 5 | | Korves; his sister, Kayla (Chris) Bishop; his nephew, Jack | 6 | | Bishop; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Brad and Karen | 7 | | Steinkoenig; his brother-in-law, Jacob (Macy Anderson) | 8 | | Steinkoenig; his grandparents, Dennis and Kay Tribout, | 9 | | Patricia Korves, Larry and Judy Hooton, and Harvey Steinkoenig; | 10 | | his aunts and uncles, Denny and Jessica Tribout Jr., Sherri and | 11 | | Larry Glaenzer, Patty Schrage, and James and Gail Korves; his | 12 | | niece, Saylor O'Connor; his nephew, Camden O'Connor; and his | 13 | | many cousins and friends; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we mourn the passing of Brett A. Korves and extend our sincere | 17 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 18 | | him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Brett Korves as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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