Full Text of HJR0119 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals
who have given | 4 | | their lives in the line of duty; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand was born in Peoria on May 24, | 6 | | 1971; his parents were Vern and Phyllis
Kenney Whisenand; he | 7 | | married Steffany Ramsey on June 14, 2014 in Tremont; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand graduated from Tremont High | 9 | | School in 1989; he attended
Illinois Central College in East | 10 | | Peoria and completed his studies at the University of Illinois | 11 | | Police Training
Institute in Champaign; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand began his career as a corrections | 13 | | officer at the Tazewell County Jail on April
14, 2000; on | 14 | | February 10, 2005, he was appointed to serve as a Deputy | 15 | | Sheriff with the Tazewell County
Sheriff's Department; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand attended the Tremont United | 17 | | Methodist Church; he enjoyed flowers,
gardening, antiquing, | 18 | | and spending time on the farm; he also loved all sports, | 19 | | especially encouraging his sons to
participate in hockey and | 20 | | baseball; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand was killed in the line of duty | 2 | | while responding to a call on August 11,
2015; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand was preceded in death by his | 4 | | grandparents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Craig Whisenand is survived by his wife, Steffany; | 6 | | his parents; his 2 sons, Hunter Stephen and
Carter Stephen | 7 | | Whisenand; his daughter, Sophie Jean Frederick; his sister, | 8 | | Krista (Steve) Muselman; his 2
nephews, Joey and Justin | 9 | | Muselman; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Steve and | 10 | | Peg Ramsey; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 13 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | 14 | | Illinois Route 9
in Tremont beginning at the intersection of | 15 | | Old Route 9 and ending at the intersection of Baer Road as the
| 16 | | "Deputy Craig Whisenand Memorial Highway"; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 18 | | is requested to erect at all suitable locations,
consistent | 19 | | with State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or | 20 | | signs giving notice of the name of
the "Deputy Craig Whisenand | 21 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Deputy Craig Whisenand,
the Tazewell | 3 | | County Sheriff's Department, the Mayor of the City of Tremont, | 4 | | and the Secretary of the
Illinois Department of Transportation.
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