HJ0040 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot #1989 was killed on June 23, 2001 at 1:38 a.m., the victim of a fatal hit-and-run accident while supervising a roadside safety check at the foot of the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island; and

WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot was born in Kewanee to Earl and Sheila (Ringel) Talbot on August 26, 1950; he graduated from Annawan High School in 1968 and attended Black Hawk College-East Campus in Kewanee from 1968 to 1970; he earned his bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1972 from Illinois State University in Normal; he served in the Marine Corps ROTC while in college and married Shirley M. Engstrom in Bishop Hill on October 15, 1972; he married Ladonna Akins on November 4, 1989; and

WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot joined the Bloomington Police Department and served with them for over two years before attending the Illinois State Police Academy in 1975; he worked for District 5 in Joliet until transferring to District 7 in East Moline, where he served until his death; he was a member of the National Rifle Association, the Illinois Police Association, and Fraternal Order of Police Troopers Lodge No. 41; and

WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot enjoyed shooting, hunting and fishing, softball, and was a military history buff; he had a lifelong interest in farming; and

WHEREAS, Stanley Talbot's daughter, Dyan, is a Master Sergeant with the Illinois State Police, and his son, Doug, is an officer with the Collinsville Police Department; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island as the "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge"; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice of the name "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge"; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the family of Stanley Talbot and Rock Island Mayor Dennis E. Pauley.