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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 2 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 3 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 4 | giving notice of the name
the "Roger Busby Memorial Highway"; | ||||||
| 5 | and be it further
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| 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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