Full Text of HR1460 96th 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 Hinsdale | 4 | | Deputy Fire Chief Mark P. Johnson, who died in the line of duty | 5 | | on September 20, 2010; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Prior to working with the Hinsdale Fire | 7 | | Department, he worked for Soukup's Hardware (now, Fuller's | 8 | | Hardware) throughout high school and college; he later worked | 9 | | at the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital as the safety inspector; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, He lived in LaGrange Park and held an associate's | 11 | | degree in fire science from the College of DuPage, a bachelor's | 12 | | degree in fire science from Southern Illinois University, and a | 13 | | bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Illinois | 14 | | in Chicago; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He joined the Hinsdale Fire Department in February | 16 | | of 1986; he was promoted to lieutenant in October of 2001, to | 17 | | captain in May of 2003, and to deputy chief in May of 2008; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He voluntarily enrolled in the Good Samaritan | 19 | | Paramedic program in 1988, becoming one of the first | 20 | | paramedic/firefighters in the department; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He served as the department's training officer and | 2 | | paramedic coordinator for several years; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; Philip | 4 | | and Carol Johnson; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Johnson is survived by his wife, Cheryl (nee, | 6 | | Schroeder); his son, Matthew; his siblings, Eric (Kyle) | 7 | | Bachman-Johnson, Hope (James) Glass, Joyce (Don) Ross, and Leif | 8 | | (Liz) Johnson; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mary and | 9 | | Leo Schroeder; his sisters-in-law, Carrie Chavez and Sue | 10 | | Schroeder; and his nieces and nephews, Jessica, Addie, Bart, | 11 | | Jamie, Logan, Jenny, Jake, Ben, Avery, Mindi, Julian, Nathan, | 12 | | Aidan, Beth, Emily, Lauren, Jackie, Abbey, Finn, Nick, Amanda, | 13 | | Maddi, Tori, and Emma; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 | | mourn, along with his family, friends, fellow firefighters, and | 17 | | a grateful community, the passing of Hinsdale Deputy Fire Chief | 18 | | Mark P. Johnson; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Mark Johnson as a symbol of our | 21 | | sincere sympathy.
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