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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to mourn
3the death of Pvt. Fay Gene Teter of Rock Island, who was killed
4in action at Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on November
522, 1943; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Pvt. Teter was born in Ardmore, Missouri to Fay
7and Bertha L. (Boyd) Teter on December 11, 1925; he attended
8Rock Island High School and was employed at the former Bridge
9and Iron Works in Rock Island before serving in the U.S. Marine
10Corps; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Pvt. Teter's surviving family members include his
12brother, Norman (Shirley) Teter and his sister, Judy Jo
13Hartman, as his parents, Bertha and Fay Teter and his sister,
14Bonnie Bopes, have passed away in the years following his
15death; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Pvt. Teter was accounted for in August of 2022
17and has been brought home; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
20Pvt. Fay Gene Teter and recognize the ultimate sacrifice he
21made for his country; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Pvt. Teter.