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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, To commemorate the 200 year anniversary of
3Illinois statehood, the Illinois Department of Veterans
4Affairs and the Illinois Bicentennial Commission announced
5recipients of the Bicentennial HONOR 200 award; and
 
6    WHEREAS, This award is to be bestowed upon 200 veterans on
7December 3, 2018, which is the official 200th birthday
8celebration for the State; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The HONOR 200 award recipients were chosen based
10on their achievements, as well as the extent to which their
11contributions have aided, benefited and inspired their
12communities; in addition, nominees must have received an
13honorable discharge from the U.S. military and resided in the
14State of Illinois; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The HONOR 200 award recipients are: Daniel L.
16Acosta of Joliet, Robert M. Adams of Winfield, Jose Alferez of
17Naperville, Ronald Steven "Steve" Allen of Newman, Loyal "Andy"
18Anderson of Mt. Carmel, Ronald Archibald of Aurora, Robert A.
19Arciola of Bartlett, Damon T. Arnold of Chicago, James A.
20Balcer of Chicago, Stanley D. Banash of Chicago, Barry Baron of
21Bourbonnais, Charles "Red" Becker of Evansville, William R.
22Beiersdorf of Arlington Heights, Terrence J. Benshoff of Glen

 

 

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1Ellyn, Rex K. Berry of Springfield, AC Homer Lee Bizzle III of
2Bellwood, Steve B. Blinn of Orland Park, Stoy Bliss of Maroa,
3Ethan Blumhorst of Carbondale, John Borling of Rockford,
4Patrick Walker Brannan of Jacksonville, Andrew J. "Doc" Brown
5of Chicago, Bill Browne of Hazel Crest, Sharon Buchanan of
6Chicago, David "Scott" Buennemeyer of Marseilles, Delmar Buske
7of Litchfield, Patricia A. Caire of Chicago, Stanley Campbell
8of Rockford, Joe L. Cherry Jr. of Plainfield, Josue E. Cordova
9of New Lenox, Mario Cornelio of Shorewood, Brad Cox of
10Springfield, Rochelle Crump of Hazel Crest, Carlos Enrique Cruz
11of Oswego, Robert M. Davis of South Holland, Thomas J. Day of
12Berwyn, John Henry "Dutch" DeGroot of Mt. Prospect, Daren S.
13Dietmeier of Aledo, Stacey Dixon of Chicago, Gardner T. Douglas
14of Chicago, Thomas Michael Dubelbeis of Orland Park, Charlie
15Dukes of Georgetown, Patrick John Dunham of Lindenhurst, Gary
16Eisenhower Sr. of Freeport, John Espinoza of Rock Falls, Craig
17A. Essick of Elgin, William Joseph Fanning of Fowler, Edward M.
18Farmer of Chicago, Phillip Ferrer of Elk Grove Village, Rodney
19J. Fink of Macomb, Beverly A. Fitch of Calumet City, Steven
20Fixler of Wheaton, Jorge Fonseca of Bolingbrook, Dr. Clarice R.
21Ford of Springfield, Thomas Ford of Mt. Carmel, Candy Gann of
22Havana, Joan H. Garvert of Springfield, Sharon Gaston of
23Burnham, Thomas Green Gilder Jr. of Lake Barrington, Bradley P.
24Gould of Rantoul, Michael P. Graffis of Tinley Park, Ernest
25Gregory of Meredosia, SFC Frank Gutierrez of Chicago, William
26Haine of Alton, Lt. Col. Lawrence W. Hallstrom of Dunlap, Daryl

 

 

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1Hancock of Collinsville, Thomas Harness of Carterville, Major
2Gen. David Harris of Arlington Heights, Derrick K. Harris of
3Chicago, Michael M. Hartman of Mendota, James Harvey of Elgin,
4Robert M. Healy of Schaumburg, Julius Hegler of Danville, David
5M. Helfrich of Freeburg, Gary Charles Henning of Freeburg, Paul
6Joseph Hettich of Antioch, James Hobson of Chicago, Eugene L.
7Hollaway of Chester, Michael Holub of Berwyn, Joshua Huey of
8Streator, Dona Carol Huffman of Chandlerville, Dale H. Hunter
9of Springfield, Robert Iverson III of Broadview, William T.
10Jackson of Forsyth, Raymond P. Jakubiak of Naperville, Tyler
11Janiak of Princeton, Donald Lee Jennings of Waverly, Tommy
12"Tom" Lee Jones of Pingree Grove, Arleigh Jones of Tuscola,
13David Kampwerth of Highland, Gregory Kelm of Belvidere, James
14Kerr Sr. of Rock Island, John Kowalski of Scheller, Michael
15Edward Lake of Des Plaines, Frank Robert Langenhorst of
16Germantown, Jimmie D. Lansford of Streator, Clifford
17Lauderdale of Shorewood, Matthew Lee Lawson of Winchester, Art
18Leach of Odell, David D. Lewis of Girard, Col. Anthony P. Libri
19Jr. of New Berlin, Vincent R. Long of Beason, Alberto Lopez of
20Elgin, Dale H. Lovekamp of Beardstown, Herschel L. Luckinbill
21of Montgomery, Allen Lynch of Gurnee, Gerald L. Mahr of Mt.
22Auburn, Albert Mampre of Skokie, Marie Marcotte of Washington,
23James R. Marshall of Topeka, Victor Martinka of Plainfield,
24Lisa Ann Mattingly of Winfield, William D. Maune of Park
25Forest, John L. McCorkle of Jacksonville, Terrence J. McDonald
26of Markham, Joseph P. McKeown of Elgin, Philip H. Mette of

 

 

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1Effingham, John Albert Metzger of Benton, John Joseph Micetich
2of Coal City, Maryna Misiewicz of Freeport, James H. Mukoyama
3Jr. of Glenview, Eric Murphy of Chatham, Louis Myers Jr. of
4Petersburg, Virginia A. Narsete of Lisle, Larry E. Nazimek of
5Chicago, William L. Neuman of Waverly, Dennis L. Nilsson of
6Niles, William J. Nissen of Lake Bluff, Christopher J.
7O'Donnell of Winnetka, Stanley Olenjack of Bradley, Anthony
8O'Neal of Girard, Timothy George O'Neil of Roselle, Greg
9Padovani of Arlington Heights, Ralph Pechanio of Elmhurst, Leo
10Walter Penkala of Wheaton, Larry Perrine of Quincy, Frederick
11"Fritz" Pfister of Chatham, John Picciolo of Lockport, Kathie
12Powless of Blue Mound, John C. Preston of Redbud, Jennifer
13Pritzker of Chicago, Robert W. Reichert of Woodridge, Sam Rice
14of Toulon, Diane Leslee Richardson of Belleville, Ned B. Ricks
15of Gurnee, Ernest Rinella of Marion, Wilbert Rolves of Caryle,
16Thomas F. Root of Princeton, Dustin Row of Columbia, Alan W.
17Rowe of Ottawa, Mallory D. Russell of Lawrenceville, James
18Sabella of O'Fallon, Benjamin Drew Sanders of Joliet, Oscar
19Harrison Sanders Jr. of Anna, Roy Brown Sartin of Chicago,
20Lawrence J. Sassorossi of Highland Park, Joseph S. Schaler of
21Lincoln, Blake Schroedter of Effingham, John Schwan of South
22Barrington, Roger Schwengel of Quincy, John Williams Scifers of
23Hainesville, Delbert Leon Seaton of Streamwood, Nick D. Seefeld
24of Aledo, John Walter Shaw of Naperville, Ronald Singer of
25Geneva, Lt. Col. Sarah D. Smith of Edwardsville, C.O. Smith of
26Jacksonville, Kevin Smith of Orland Park, Victor A. Somoza of

 

 

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1Crystal Lake, Robert Spears of Knoxville, Vincent J. Speranza
2of Auburn, J.D. "Butch" Spindler of Robinson, Cheri L.
3(Clayton) Stanton of Monmouth, Robert Statam of Chicago, Dennis
4Thompson of Alsip, Eugene Kenneth Thompson of Marseilles, Aaron
5P. Thorpe of Macomb, Dennis Tipsword of East Peoria, Raymond E.
6Torres of Sterling, Lauralee A. Treece of Waverly, Darrel
7Tucker of Clinton, Angela Denise Tyler of Chicago, Richard J.
8Van Pelt of Manteno, Rogelio Villa of Chicago, Bruce David
9Voges of St. Joseph, Michael E. Walton of Springfield, Rodney
10Wangelin of LaSalle, Craig Warner of Vernon Hills, Dawn Renee
11Whitcomb of Quincy, Earl M. White of Salem, Thomas P. Wilczak
12of Romeoville, Eli Williamson of Chicago, Derrick Winding of
13Chicago, William Wolff of Bloomingdale, Winston Woodard III of
14Oak Lawn, Chad T. Woodburn of El Paso, James Hector Word of
15Steeleville, Frank Wozniak of Lemont, Edward N. Wright of
16Jacksonville, and Roy E. Ziegler of Taylorville; therefore, be
17it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
19HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20honor and recognize the outstanding work, valor, and courage of
21the recipients of the HONOR 200 award; and be it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
23presented to the recipients of the HONOR 200 award as a symbol
24of our esteem and respect.