Full Text of HR0758 98th 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 Thomas N. | 4 | | Little of West Frankfort, who passed away on December 8, 2013; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little was born on July 25, 1940 in West | 7 | | Frankfort to Horace and Thomasine (nee Elwood) Little; he | 8 | | graduated from Frankfort Community High School in 1958 and | 9 | | attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale; he joined | 10 | | the United States Army Reserve in 1962 and served for 6 years; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little joined the Illinois State Police in | 13 | | 1965 and served District 9, the Illinois State Police Academy, | 14 | | and District 13; he retired in 1993 as a vehicle investigation | 15 | | specialist; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little enjoyed serving his community; he | 17 | | spent 22 years as a Paid On Call Firefighter for the West | 18 | | Frankfort Fire Department; he was the Franklin County Deputy | 19 | | Coroner for 20 years and a 20-year West Frankfort Lions Club | 20 | | member; he also was a 32nd degree Master Mason, and recently | 21 | | received his 50-year membership pin; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little was a member of the Fraternal Order | 2 | | of Police since 1970 and a member of the First Christian | 3 | | Church; he served as the West Frankfort Codes Officer from 1996 | 4 | | to 1999 and was the Frankfort Community High School hall | 5 | | monitor from 1999 to 2002; he was a member of the 911 Board | 6 | | from 2002 to 2006 and on the Frankfort Township Board since | 7 | | 2009; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little had a love for radios and technology | 9 | | and was known by friends in the amateur radio community as | 10 | | "WA9BOT"; he also enjoyed dogs, going to Busch Stadium to see | 11 | | the St. Louis Cardinals play, and visiting Gulf Shores, | 12 | | Alabama; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little was preceded in death by his | 14 | | parents; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Little is survived by his wife, Judy | 16 | | DeLap-Little; his sons, Justin (Melissa) DeLap and Charley | 17 | | Little; his daughters, Jessica (Thomas) Rude and Shelly Dugan; | 18 | | his grandchildren, Michael Thomas DeLap, Joshua DeLap, Jade | 19 | | Dugan, Ethan Dugan, Evan Kirksey, Kiersten Little, and Hayden | 20 | | Little; his brother-in-law, Gene Forgatch; and his nieces and | 21 | | nephews, Steve Forgatch, Beth Conner, Todd Forgatch, Amy | 22 | | Forgatch-Siefert, and Jay Forgatch; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we mourn the passing of Thomas N. Little, and extend our | 4 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 5 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Thomas Little as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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