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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | ||||||
| 3 | saddened to learn of the death of Illinois State Trooper Kyle | ||||||
| 4 | W. Deatherage of Highland, who passed away on November 26, | ||||||
| 5 | 2012; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Trooper Deatherage was born on April 11, 1980, in | ||||||
| 7 | Maryville; he graduated from Triad High School in 1998 and | ||||||
| 8 | received his associates degree in criminal justice at Lewis & | ||||||
| 9 | Clark College; he married Sarah A. Gregory; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Trooper Deatherage worked for Trucks Centers in | ||||||
| 11 | Troy, and began his career in law enforcement for the Staunton | ||||||
| 12 | Police Department; he worked for the Madison County Sheriff's | ||||||
| 13 | Office and then became an Illinois State Trooper with District | ||||||
| 14 | 18 in May of 2009; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Trooper Deatherage enjoyed fishing, hunting, and | ||||||
| 16 | loved his children very much; he enjoyed time with close | ||||||
| 17 | friends and officers from the departments he worked with; he | ||||||
| 18 | was a member of First Congregational Church in Highland and the | ||||||
| 19 | Fraternal Order of Police 43-Springfield; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Trooper Deatherage was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 21 | paternal grandfather, Ralph M. Deatherage and his maternal | ||||||
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| 1 | grandparents, Casmir and Rose Anna Karpowicz; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Trooper Deatherage is survived by his wife, Sarah | ||||||
| 3 | A. (nee Gregory) Deatherage; his daughter, Kaylee Ann | ||||||
| 4 | Deatherage; his son, Camden Kyle Deatherage; his father, Barry | ||||||
| 5 | W. Deatherage Sr.; his mother, April Kay (nee Karpowicz) | ||||||
| 6 | Deatherage; his brothers, Barry W. Deatherage Jr. and Kenneth | ||||||
| 7 | M. (Ashleigh) Deatherage; his sister, Anna B. Deatherage; his | ||||||
| 8 | paternal grandmother, Brooksie M. (nee South) Deatherage; his | ||||||
| 9 | father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gean B. and Eleanor L. (nee | ||||||
| 10 | Christin) Gregory; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois State Trooper Kyle Deatherage, recognize the | ||||||
| 14 | sacrifice he made protecting the citizens of the State of | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
| 16 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Trooper Deatherage as an expression | ||||||
| 19 | of our deepest sympathy.
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