Bill Text: IL HJR0059 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of road on Interstate 94 from mile marker 16.50 to mile marker 17 as the "Trooper Gerald W. Ellis Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-30 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0059 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0059-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have
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| 4 | given their lives in service to their communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, On March 30, 2019, Illinois State Police Trooper | ||||||
| 6 | Gerald "Jerry" Wayne Ellis was on duty in his squad car | ||||||
| 7 | traveling home on Interstate 94 westbound near milepost 16.75 | ||||||
| 8 | in Green Oaks when a wrong-way driver, who was traveling | ||||||
| 9 | eastbound in the westbound lanes, struck him head on; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis was an 11-year veteran of Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | State Police District 15 in Downers Grove; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis was born in Macomb on January 10, | ||||||
| 13 | 1983; he served in the U.S. Army and lived in Antioch with his | ||||||
| 14 | family; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 16 | grandparents and Louis and Keith Ellis and Harry Irvin | ||||||
| 17 | Nicholson and Geraldine Tournear Kindhart; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Trooper Ellis is survived by his wife of nine | ||||||
| 19 | years, Stacy Ann Voight Ellis; his daughters, Kaylee Ann, and | ||||||
| 20 | Zoe Olivia Ellis; his parents, Debra Ann Nicholson and Terry | ||||||
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| 1 | (Cindy) Ellis; his brother, Keith Ellis; and his in-laws, Rick | ||||||
| 2 | and Julie Voight; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of road | ||||||
| 6 | on Interstate 94 from mile marker 16.50 to mile marker 17 as | ||||||
| 7 | the "Trooper Gerald W. Ellis Memorial Highway"; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is | ||||||
| 10 | requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
State | ||||||
| 11 | and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving | ||||||
| 12 | notice of the name
"Trooper Gerald W. Ellis Memorial Highway"; | ||||||
| 13 | and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Trooper Ellis and the Chairman of | ||||||
| 16 | the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
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