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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals
who gave their | ||||||
| 4 | lives in the service of the State of Illinois; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Edgar County Deputy Sheriff John Dean Landrum gave | ||||||
| 6 | his life in the line of duty on February
15, 1989 while | ||||||
| 7 | responding to a domestic disturbance; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum was born January 12, 1937 | ||||||
| 9 | in Centralia to John Paul and Irene B. (nee Wayman) Landrum; he | ||||||
| 10 | married his loving wife, Kay Hamlin on June 26,
1958; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum graduated from Centralia | ||||||
| 12 | High School in 1955 and from Kaskaskia Community College in | ||||||
| 13 | 1957, where he earned a degree in drafting; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, After earning his degree, Deputy Sheriff Landrum | ||||||
| 15 | worked for the Seiger heating company
in Centralia in 1957, for | ||||||
| 16 | McDonald-Douglas in 1958 as a draftsman, and at
TrailMobile in | ||||||
| 17 | Charleston in the late 1970's; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum went to Lincoln Christian | ||||||
| 19 | College where he earned a
bachelor's degree in ministry in | ||||||
| 20 | 1966; he served as a minister for one year at Keenes Christian
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| 1 | Church in Keenes in 1966, as a house parent at Ladoga | ||||||
| 2 | Children's home in Ladoga,
Indiana in 1967-1970, at Edgar | ||||||
| 3 | County Children's Home in Paris, Illinois from 1970 until 1975, | ||||||
| 4 | and
as a minister at Pleasant Hill Christian Church in Kansas, | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois from 1975-1986; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum served as an Auxiliary | ||||||
| 7 | Deputy in the early 1970's for the
Edgar County Sheriff's | ||||||
| 8 | Department, and attended the police academy in Springfield from | ||||||
| 9 | January 8th -
February 15, 1979, graduating from class 258-08 | ||||||
| 10 | as class president; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum served as Chief of police | ||||||
| 12 | of Kansas, Illinois from 1977-1982; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum became a part-time deputy | ||||||
| 14 | at Edgar County Sheriff's
Department in 1982 and began serving | ||||||
| 15 | full-time in 1987; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum's death left behind his | ||||||
| 17 | wife, Kay (nee Hamlin) Landrum; his
daughters, Cheryl Clark and | ||||||
| 18 | Lisa Weilhammer; his sons, John W.
Landrum, Curtis Landrum, and | ||||||
| 19 | Chad Landrum; his 15
grandchildren; and his 5 | ||||||
| 20 | great-grandchildren; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Landrum courage will be remembered | ||||||
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| 1 | fondly by his loving family, his
fellow officers, and all who | ||||||
| 2 | knew him, and it is therefore fitting that we not forget Deputy | ||||||
| 3 | Sheriff John
Dean Landrum's sacrifice; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
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| 6 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of US | ||||||
| 7 | Route 150 from Paris, Illinois to the Indiana border as the | ||||||
| 8 | "Deputy Sheriff John D. Landrum Memorial Highway"; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 11 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 12 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 13 | giving notice of the name; and be it further | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Deputy Sheriff John D. Landrum and | ||||||
| 16 | the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, Ann | ||||||
| 17 | L. Schneider.
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