Full Text of HR0815 094th General Assembly
HR0815 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Roger D. | 4 |
| Klukis of Bethany on December 31, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Klukis was born on May 27, 1946, in Vandalia | 6 |
| to Charles and Pauline Kagy Klukis; he attended Argenta High | 7 |
| School where it is said that he had a permanent seat in the | 8 |
| detention hall; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Phyllis Adams on July 9, 1964 in | 10 |
| Maryville, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 12 |
| U.S. Army during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1969, where he | 13 |
| served with the Screaming Eagles as a paratrooper in the 101st | 14 |
| Airborne Division and received the Purple Heart; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Klukis retired from Wagner Casting in Decatur | 16 |
| in 2005 after 41 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Klukis was a volunteer firefighter in | 18 |
| Warrensburg from 1970 to 1979 before moving to Bethany and | 19 |
| joining the Bethany Fire Department; since 1980, he served the | 20 |
| Bethany community as a firefighter, Assistant Fire Chief, and | 21 |
| most recently, as the Fire Chief; he had taught Certified | 22 |
| Firefighter and Certified EMT classes as well as fire | 23 |
| prevention; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Roger D. Klukis is felt by all who | 25 |
| knew and loved him, especially his wife, Phyllis; his son, | 26 |
| Charlie Klukis and his wife Cindi; his daughter, Jane Williams; | 27 |
| his grandchildren, Jennifer, Alyssa, and Matthew Klukis, | 28 |
| BreeAna and TJ Williams, and Damien Coney; his mother, Pauline | 29 |
| Klukis; his mother-in-law, Alta Adams; his brothers, Lonnie |
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| Klukis, Jim Klukis, and Rex Klukis; his sisters, Carol Kay | 2 |
| Henderson, Mary Jo Clewell, Nancy Irvine, and Kathy Frasier; | 3 |
| and his many nieces and nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Roger Dean; | 5 |
| his father, Charles; his father-in-law, Charley Adams; and his | 6 |
| brother, Charles Joe Klukis; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we mourn the passing of Roger D. Klukis and extend our | 10 |
| sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and community; | 11 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 14 |
| sympathy.
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