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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General

3Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have

4given their lives in service to their communities; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, On March 30, 2019, Illinois State Police Trooper 
6Gerald "Jerry" Wayne Ellis was on duty in his squad car 
7traveling home on Interstate 94 westbound near milepost 16.75 
8in Green Oaks when a wrong-way driver, who was traveling 
9eastbound in the westbound lanes, struck him head on; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis was an 11-year veteran of Illinois 
11State Police District 15 in Downers Grove; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis was born in Macomb on January 10, 
131983; he served in the U.S. Army and lived in Antioch with his 
14family; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis was preceded in death by his 
16grandparents and Louis and Keith Ellis and Harry Irvin 
17Nicholson and Geraldine Tournear Kindhart; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis is survived by his wife of nine  
19years, Stacy Ann Voight Ellis; his daughters, Kaylee Ann, and 
20Zoe Olivia Ellis; his parents, Debra Ann Nicholson and Terry 
 
 
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1(Cindy) Ellis; his  brother, Keith Ellis; and his in-laws, Rick 
2and Julie Voight; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
4HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of road 
6on Interstate 94 from mile marker 16.50 to mile marker 17 as 
7the "Trooper Gerald W. Ellis Memorial Highway"; and be it 
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is 
10requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
State 
11and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs  giving 
12notice of the name
"Trooper Gerald W. Ellis Memorial Highway"; 
13and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
15presented to the family of Trooper Ellis and the Chairman of 
16the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.