HR0410 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to help commemorate the life of Jeremy Chambers, a police officer with the Cahokia Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on April 24, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Officer Chambers was a police officer with the Cahokia Police Department and a member of FOP Lodge 216 and the International Police Association, Lodge 57; he was a past captain and training officer with the Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department, where he was the department's Firefighter of the Year in 1999; and

WHEREAS, He graduated from Gibault Catholic High School in Waterloo in 1998 and Southwestern Illinois Police Academy in 2003, where he won the Marksman Award; he was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 4596 in Cahokia; and

WHEREAS, Jeremy Chambers was a volunteer firefighter who went to New York City after the attacks on September 11, 2001 to help in rescue efforts; he also worked as an emergency medical technician, volunteer fireman, and an auxiliary policeman, and a lifeguard before being hired by the police department; and

WHEREAS, Jeremy Chambers was the only police officer to be killed in the line of duty in the 79 year history of the Cahokia Police Department; and

WHEREAS, Jeremy Chambers was from a family dedicated to law enforcement, including his father, brother, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Earl and Virginia Chambers and Ralph and Dathney Hooker; and his aunt, Connie McCollom; and

WHEREAS, Jeremy Chambers is survived by his parents, Earl and Diane, nee Hooker, Chambers; his brother, Chris (Jessica) Chambers; his sister, Denise (Mark) Schilli; his nephew, Garrett; his nieces, Logan and Hayden; and a dear friend, Cheryl Caribardi; and

WHEREAS, On April 24, 2007 a Celebration of the Life of Jeremy Chambers will be held, with Mass at Holy Family Church, a monument dedication, and a dinner and candlelight vigil at the Knights of Columbus Hall; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we celebrate, along with his family and friends, the life of Jeremy Chambers; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Jeremy Chambers and the Cahokia Police Department as a symbol of our respect.