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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of James Michael "Jim" Drozdz of Hamilton, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on December 29, 2013; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was born on January 23, 1960 in Chicago | ||||||
6 | to James A. and Joan M. (nee Moore) Drozdz; he graduated from | ||||||
7 | Alan B. Sheperd High School in Palos Heights and received his | ||||||
8 | bachelor's degree in Law Enforcement in 1981 from Western | ||||||
9 | Illinois University; he married Barbara Goodin on June 2, 1984 | ||||||
10 | at St. Paul Church in Macomb; he received his master's degree | ||||||
11 | from Western Illinois University in 1990, where he was a member | ||||||
12 | of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and his Juris Doctor in | ||||||
13 | 1992 from the Southern Illinois University School of Law and | ||||||
14 | was admitted to practice before the Illinois courts; in 1999, | ||||||
15 | he was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme | ||||||
16 | Court and in 2004 he received his Ph.D. in Higher Education | ||||||
17 | Administration from the University of Iowa, where he was a | ||||||
18 | member of the Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz served with the Illinois State Police | ||||||
20 | from 1984 until 2004 when he was elected the State's Attorney | ||||||
21 | for Hancock County; he was re-elected in 2008 and 2012; during | ||||||
22 | his time with the Illinois State Police he served in many | ||||||
23 | capacities, including the Executive Directorship of the |
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1 | Division of Internal Investigation in Springfield, as the | ||||||
2 | Henderson County Assistant State's Attorney, as an Adjunct | ||||||
3 | Professor in the Law Enforcement and Justice Administration | ||||||
4 | Department at Western Illinois University, and as a Research | ||||||
5 | Fellow with the International Association of Chiefs of Police | ||||||
6 | in Alexandria, Virginia; he also served as Special Assistant to | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Attorney General and was a Legal Advisor to the | ||||||
8 | Illinois State Police in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; he | ||||||
9 | was a member of the National District Attorneys' Association | ||||||
10 | and the Hancock County Bar Association; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was an active community member, serving | ||||||
12 | as a paramedic for the Hancock County Ambulance Service as as a | ||||||
13 | firefighter for the Hamilton Fire Department; he was a member | ||||||
14 | and past President of the Carthage Kiwanis Club and former | ||||||
15 | member of the Carthage Lions Club; he was on the Hancock County | ||||||
16 | Republican Precinct Committee and was an active member of the | ||||||
17 | Knights of Columbus and the Immaculate Conception Christian | ||||||
18 | Church in Carthage, where he served on the Parish Council; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz enjoyed playing the bagpipes for area | ||||||
20 | events and funerals; he liked body building, fitness training, | ||||||
21 | traveling, semi-truck driving, and teaching Criminal Law, | ||||||
22 | Criminal Procedure, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency | ||||||
23 | Medical Technician classes; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz was preceded in death by his | ||||||
2 | grandparents; his aunts and uncles; his cousin; and an infant | ||||||
3 | nephew; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Jim Drozdz is survived by his wife, Barbara; his | ||||||
5 | father, James Drozdz; his mother and step-father, Joan and | ||||||
6 | Gordon Brown; his sister, Debra Reule; his father-in-law and | ||||||
7 | mother-in-law, Carol and Margie Goodin; his sister-in-law, | ||||||
8 | Mary (Dale) Thompson; his brothers-in-law, David Goodin and | ||||||
9 | Daniel (Barb Coovert) Goodin; his nephews, Mark (fiance, Alex | ||||||
10 | Porcelli) Thompson, Matthew (Andrea) Thompson, Michael | ||||||
11 | (fiance, Michele Teslicka) Thompson, and Michael Reule; his | ||||||
12 | nieces, Samantha (Tyler Huffman) Goodin and Rachel Reule; his | ||||||
13 | great-niece, Lyllie Huffman; his great-nephew, Tucker | ||||||
14 | Thompson; and 2 aunts and several cousins; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
17 | James Michael "Jim" Drozdz, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
18 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
19 | it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Jim Drozdz as an expression of our | ||||||
22 | deepest sympathy.
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