Full Text of SR1022 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Little Pony Eagle of Godfrey, | 4 | | who passed away on October 31, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Little Pony Eagle was born on January 19, 1923, in | 6 | | Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Red Eagle and Goldie (Owen) Eagle; | 7 | | he received his promotion certificate at the age of 16 from | 8 | | Roosevelt Junior High School and was believed to be the first | 9 | | true American Indian to graduate from an Alton public school; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Little Pony Eagle served in the U.S. Army with the | 12 | | 5th Bomber Command during World War II in the Pacific Theatre; | 13 | | he earned 5 Bronze Stars and a Good Conduct Medal; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Little Pony Eagle was discharged in 1945; he | 15 | | attended Shurtleff College and received his degree in | 16 | | engineering; he retired as an engineer from McDonnell Douglas, | 17 | | where in the 1960s he worked on the Gemini Project; he was a | 18 | | Shriner and a 32nd Degree Mason with the Piasa Masonic Lodge | 19 | | #27 A.F. & A.M; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Little Pony Eagle was preceded in death by his | 21 | | wife, Hazel (Fines) Eagle; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Little Pony Eagle is survived by his sisters, | 2 | | Eagle Feather Barker and Two-Star Eagle; his nieces and | 3 | | nephews, Monica Star Jerrells, Traci Dale Barker, Derrick Tyler | 4 | | Barker, Thomas Eagle DeMond, Lance J. DeMond (Nancy), Jeffrey | 5 | | Val DeMond, Rexford Jason DeMond, Bene Star Hentrich (Andy), | 6 | | and Lezlie Monique Kearney (Tim); and 12 great-nieces and | 7 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Little Pony Eagle, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Little Pony Eagle as an expression | 15 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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