Full Text of HR0454 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Residents of Frankfort Township and the Village of | 3 | | Mokena lost an
active and beloved community leader with the | 4 | | recent passing of Bruce Edmund
Ebert; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert passed away peacefully with his family | 6 | | around him at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital on February 9, | 7 | | 2015; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert graduated from Lincoln-Way High | 9 | | School in 1964; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert served his local community, State, and | 11 | | country with honor
in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1972, Bruce Ebert married Diane Tuttle and they | 14 | | began their life
together in Mokena; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1978, Bruce and Diane Ebert started Ebert | 16 | | Electric in Mokena, which
is still in business today; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert served his neighbors and his community | 18 | | in a variety of
public positions, including President of the | 19 | | Mokena School Board, President of
the Lincoln-Way Band |
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| 1 | | Boosters, President of the St. John's Church Council, and
| 2 | | Frankfort Township Trustee; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert also was an active member of the | 4 | | Mokena Lions Club and
the Historical Society; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert loved spending time with his family, | 6 | | and he particularly
enjoyed cheering at his grandchildren's | 7 | | sporting and school events, tending to his
yard, dancing with | 8 | | his wife, and driving his Oliver tractor; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert will be greatly missed by all of those | 10 | | whose lives he
touched and improved by his dedicated service; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Ebert is survived by his wife of 42 years,
| 13 | | Diane; his children, LeeAnn (Bret) Taylor and Bryant | 14 | | (Christie); his grandchildren, Jessica and Brian Taylor and | 15 | | Gavin and Breanna Ebert; his
siblings, Dale (Lynn Laas) and | 16 | | Dianne (Robert) Schultz; his in-laws, Robert (Valerie) Horras, | 17 | | Dorothy Tuttle, Sheree (Richard) Kinder, and Neil
(Rose) | 18 | | Tuttle; and numerous family members and friends; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | mourn, along with his family, friends, and neighbors, the | 2 | | passing of Bruce Edmund Ebert; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of
Bruce Ebert as a symbol of our | 5 | | sympathy and our gratitude.
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