Full Text of SJR0055 95th General Assembly
SJ0055 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is one of the privileges of the General | 3 |
| Assembly to pay due honor and respect to persons who serve our | 4 |
| country in time of war; and
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| WHEREAS, U.S. Army Specialist Ronald W. "Ron" Gebur, | 6 |
| formerly of Delavan, was killed in action in Iraq on May 13, | 7 |
| 2006; he died of injuries sustained when a roadside bomb | 8 |
| detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Gebur was assigned to the 1st | 10 |
| Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry | 11 |
| Division, Fort Hood, Texas; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Gebur, 23 years of age at the time of | 13 |
| his death, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the | 14 |
| Purple Heart for his service; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Gebur was the first current or former | 16 |
| resident of Tazewell County to be killed in combat during | 17 |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Specialist Gebur is survived by his widow, | 19 |
| Bethany, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army, and their | 20 |
| 21-month-old son, Gage, and by his parents, Lawrence and Debra |
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| Gebur of Delavan; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, During a eulogy at Specialist Gebur's funeral, | 3 |
| Lieutenant Governor Patrick Quinn described the fallen soldier | 4 |
| as an "American hero"; and
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| WHEREAS, A portion of Illinois State Route 122 lies between | 6 |
| Delavan and Stanford, hometown of Bethany Gebur; therefore, be | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 10 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of Illinois State Route 122 | 11 |
| lying between Delavan and Stanford be designated the Ron W. | 12 |
| Gebur Memorial Highway; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 14 |
| is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 15 |
| State regulations, plaques or signs giving notice of the name; | 16 |
| and be it further | 17 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the Illinois Secretary of Transportation and to | 19 |
| the widow and parents of Specialist Ronald W. Gebur.
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