Full Text of HJR0138 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn
of the death of Officer | 4 | | Francis Scot Fitzgerald who passed away on March 5, 2016, at | 5 | | the age of
32; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald was born in Springfield on | 7 | | November 29, 1983; he was
the son of Clarence Francis and Becky | 8 | | Fitzgerald, and brother of Cody Fitzgerald; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald married Danielle Lee Suttles | 10 | | of Murrayville on May 27, 2006 and
they had two children, | 11 | | Colton Francis and Fynlee Elizabeth; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald was a member of the Murrayville | 13 | | United Methodist Church; he devoted his life to public service | 14 | | as an officer with the South Jacksonville Police Department, | 15 | | past
Scott County Sheriff's Deputy, with the Winchester and | 16 | | Bluffs police offices, and as an EMT for the
| 17 | | Murrayville-Woodson EAS and Winchester EMS; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald served as a volunteer | 19 | | firefighter for the Murrayville Fire District,
a member of the | 20 | | Morgan County 911 Board, and had been recently selected as a | 21 | | member of the
Special Response Team in Morgan County; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald loved being a police officer, | 2 | | firefighter, and EMT, but above all else,
he was a loving | 3 | | husband, father, son, and brother; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald was said to be not only a | 5 | | friend, but an "awesome family man", and
someone who was | 6 | | willing to do anything for anybody and could be counted on in | 7 | | any situation; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald saved a woman's life when she | 9 | | was mauled by a dog because he knew
the right medical | 10 | | procedures, and he professionally performed his sworn duty to | 11 | | protect and serve; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The community mourns the loss of a close friend, | 13 | | family member, and
community hero; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald was preceded in death by his | 15 | | two
grandfathers, Clarence Fitzgerald, Jr. and Clark Hye | 16 | | Leesman; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Officer Fitzgerald is survived by his wife, | 18 | | Danielle; his children, Colton Francis and Fynlee
Elizabeth; | 19 | | his parents, Francis and Becky Fitzgerald; his brother, Cody | 20 | | Fitzgerald; his grandparents, Mary
Lou Fitzgerald and |
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| 1 | | Elizabeth Ann Leesman; and his father and mother-in-law, | 2 | | William and Darlene Suttles; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
| 5 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN,
that we designate the section of | 6 | | Illinois Route 267 as it runs between Interstate 72 and | 7 | | Nortonville Road as the "Officer Scot Fitzgerald Memorial | 8 | | Highway"; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 10 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 11 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 12 | | giving notice of the name "Officer Scot Fitzgerald Memorial | 13 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Officer Fitzgerald, Secretary of the | 16 | | Department of Transportation Randall S. Blankenhorn, South | 17 | | Jacksonville Mayor Steven L. Waltrip, and the South | 18 | | Jacksonville Police Department.
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