Full Text of SR0806 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Dennis W. Conover, who passed away on | 4 | | November 4, 2019; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Conover was born to Sally Mae
Conover in | 6 | | Kennett, Missouri on September 28, 1946; he relocated to Pekin | 7 | | after graduating high school in 1964 and dedicated his life to
| 8 | | the service of Illinoisans within Tazewell County; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Once settled in Pekin, Dennis Conover quickly | 10 | | began a career in law enforcement,
following a short tenure in | 11 | | both the railroad and construction industries; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Conover's law enforcement career started | 13 | | with the Pekin Auxiliary Police and in the
911 Communications | 14 | | Center, where he met his bride, Tammie Jo; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Conover joined the Marquette Heights | 16 | | Police Department in 1989 and became the
Firearms Range | 17 | | Instructor, Field Training Officer, and Sergeant of major case | 18 | | investigations; throughout
his career, he received various law | 19 | | enforcement awards, most notably the illustrious Officer of the
| 20 | | Year Award in 1994 for the largest drug bust in Marquette | 21 | | Heights history; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In the midst of his public law enforcement career, | 2 | | Dennis Conover earned his certification
for a private detective | 3 | | license in 1989 through the State of Illinois and opened the | 4 | | Conover
Detective Agency with his brothers, which became a | 5 | | successful local business; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Conover was sworn in as the Deputy Coroner | 7 | | of Tazewell County in 1996; he would
later serve as the | 8 | | Tazewell County Coroner from 2003 until his retirement in 2011; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Conover served his community outside of his | 11 | | professional capacity; he was a
long-time member of First | 12 | | Christian Church, serving as deacon and elder, and a member of | 13 | | the Salvation
Army Advisory Board; he served on Pekin's Rust | 14 | | Transitional Center Committee for temporary housing; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Conover sat on the Tazewell County | 16 | | Republican Executive Board, helping to elect many
local and | 17 | | state politicians, and most recently served as its Chairman; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Dennis Conover's love of his | 20 | | family, especially that of his loving
wife, children, and | 21 | | grandchildren will never be forgotten; he was fondly referred |
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| 1 | | to as "Papa" by his
grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the loss of | 4 | | Dennis W. Conover and honor the passionate and dedicated | 5 | | service and exemplary leadership he provided Tazewell County; | 6 | | and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Dennis Conover as a symbol of our | 9 | | respect and esteem.
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