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92_SR0354
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Herschel B. Stover of Oswego, who
4 passed away February 21, 2002; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Stover was born in 1923 and grew up in
6 Chicago; and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. Stover enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in
8 1943 and served as a B-25 tail gunner in the Pacific Theater
9 during World War II; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Stover joined the Aurora Police Department
11 in 1949; in 1956, Mr. Stover became the second Aurora police
12 officer to graduate from the FBI training academy in
13 Washington, D.C., and was the department's only detective for
14 five years after completing his training; and
15 WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Mr. Stover worked in
16 nearly every division of the police department, including
17 patrol, investigations, crime prevention, records and
18 communications; he was known as a "policeman's policeman";
19 Mr. Stover retired from the department as a lieutenant in
20 1975; and
21 WHEREAS, In 1991, Mr. Stover married Norma Wilcox
22 Zentmyer of Oswego; during their time together, they started
23 Stampa Dream, a rubber art stamp business; and
24 WHEREAS, Mr. Stover's proudest moment was seeing his only
25 son, David Stover, sworn in as Aurora Police Chief in 1991;
26 he was very proud of his son and the positions he held, going
27 through the ranks, becoming chief and then Mayor of Aurora;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, Herschel Stover will be deeply missed by all
30 those who knew him and loved him, especially his wife, Norma;
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1 his two children, Constance Stover and Mayor David (Karen)
2 Stover; his numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren;
3 and his many friends; Mr. Stover was preceded in death by his
4 first wife, Jean, who died in 1989; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Herschel B. Stover;
8 and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Herschel B. Stover with our
11 sincere condolences.