Full Text of SJR0071 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great
individuals | 4 | | who have served their country and communities; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roger Busby was born in Danville to Edwin and Nora | 6 | | Busby on October 21, 1940; he graduated from Young America High | 7 | | School in 1959; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Roger Busby served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to | 9 | | 1967, attaining the rank of Sgt. E-5; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Roger Busby graduated from Eastern Illinois | 11 | | University in 1971 and completed
instruction at the Police | 12 | | Training Institute at the University of Illinois; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Roger Busby devoted his life to public service; he | 14 | | served 12 years as a deputy sheriff for Edgar
County and later | 15 | | worked as an abuse investigator for the Illinois Department of | 16 | | Children and Family
Services; he also was a licensing | 17 | | representative for home day cares until his retirement in 2006; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In his free time, Roger Busby gave his time and | 20 | | talents to many civic and community organizations,
including |
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| 1 | | the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, the Illinois Police | 2 | | Association, Brocton American Legion Post
977, Oakland VFW Post | 3 | | 3637, 40/8, Edgar County Republicans, AMVETS, the Eastern | 4 | | Alumni Association,
the National Rifle Association, and the | 5 | | Illinois State Rifle Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Roger Busby served the public on the Brocton Town | 7 | | Board and the Edgar County Sheriff's
Merit Board; he was the | 8 | | precinct committeeman for Embarrass Precinct in Edgar County; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, On August 30, 2013, Roger Busby passed away, | 11 | | leaving behind his wife, two stepchildren, and
three | 12 | | grandchildren; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Roger Busby was "Mr. Edgar County"; he loved all | 14 | | things and all people, especially his wife, Karon, their | 15 | | neighbors, and their many, many family members and friends; he | 16 | | embodied the phrase, "God, family, country"; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 19 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designates Illinois Route 49 from US | 20 | | Route 36 to Illinois Route 133
as the "Roger Busby Memorial | 21 | | Highway"; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 2 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 3 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 4 | | giving notice of the name
the "Roger Busby Memorial Highway"; | 5 | | and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Roger Busby and the Secretary of | 8 | | Transportation.
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