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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, To commemorate the 200 year anniversary of 
3Illinois statehood, the Illinois Department of Veterans 
4Affairs and the Illinois Bicentennial Commission announced 
5recipients of the Bicentennial HONOR 200 award; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, This award is to be bestowed upon 200 veterans on 
7December 3, 2018, which is the official 200th birthday 
8celebration for the State; and
  
 

  
9    WHEREAS, The HONOR 200 award recipients were chosen based 
10on their achievements, as well as the extent to which their 
11contributions have aided, benefited and inspired their 
12communities; in addition, nominees must have received an 
13honorable discharge from the U.S. military and resided in the 
14State of Illinois; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The HONOR 200 award recipients are: Daniel L. 
16Acosta of Joliet, Robert M. Adams of Winfield, Jose Alferez of 
17Naperville, Ronald Steven "Steve" Allen of Newman, Loyal "Andy" 
18Anderson of Mt. Carmel, Ronald Archibald of Aurora, Robert A. 
19Arciola of Bartlett, Damon T. Arnold of Chicago, James A. 
20Balcer of Chicago, Stanley D. Banash of Chicago, Barry Baron of 
21Bourbonnais, Charles "Red" Becker of Evansville, William R. 
22Beiersdorf of Arlington Heights, Terrence J. Benshoff of Glen 
 
 
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1Ellyn, Rex K. Berry of Springfield, AC Homer Lee Bizzle III of 
2Bellwood, Steve B. Blinn of Orland Park, Stoy Bliss of Maroa, 
3Ethan Blumhorst of Carbondale, John Borling of Rockford, 
4Patrick Walker Brannan of Jacksonville, Andrew J. "Doc" Brown 
5of Chicago, Bill Browne of Hazel Crest, Sharon Buchanan of 
6Chicago, David "Scott" Buennemeyer of Marseilles, Delmar Buske 
7of Litchfield, Patricia A. Caire of Chicago, Stanley Campbell 
8of Rockford, Joe L. Cherry Jr. of Plainfield, Josue E. Cordova 
9of New Lenox, Mario Cornelio of Shorewood, Brad Cox of 
10Springfield, Rochelle Crump of Hazel Crest, Carlos Enrique Cruz 
11of Oswego, Robert M. Davis of South Holland, Thomas J. Day of 
12Berwyn, John Henry "Dutch" DeGroot of Mt. Prospect, Daren S. 
13Dietmeier of Aledo, Stacey Dixon of Chicago, Gardner T. Douglas 
14of Chicago, Thomas Michael Dubelbeis of Orland Park, Charlie 
15Dukes of Georgetown, Patrick John Dunham of Lindenhurst, Gary 
16Eisenhower Sr. of Freeport, John Espinoza of Rock Falls, Craig 
17A. Essick of Elgin, William Joseph Fanning of Fowler, Edward M. 
18Farmer of Chicago, Phillip Ferrer of Elk Grove Village, Rodney 
19J. Fink of Macomb, Beverly A. Fitch of Calumet City, Steven 
20Fixler of Wheaton, Jorge Fonseca of Bolingbrook, Dr. Clarice R. 
21Ford of Springfield, Thomas Ford of Mt. Carmel, Candy Gann of 
22Havana, Joan H. Garvert of Springfield, Sharon Gaston of 
23Burnham, Thomas Green Gilder Jr. of Lake Barrington, Bradley P. 
24Gould of Rantoul, Michael P. Graffis of Tinley Park, Ernest 
25Gregory of Meredosia, SFC Frank Gutierrez of Chicago, William 
26Haine of Alton, Lt. Col. Lawrence W. Hallstrom  of Dunlap, Daryl 
 
 
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1Hancock of Collinsville, Thomas Harness of Carterville, Major 
2Gen. David Harris of Arlington Heights, Derrick K. Harris of 
3Chicago, Michael M. Hartman of Mendota, James Harvey of Elgin, 
4Robert M. Healy of Schaumburg, Julius Hegler of Danville, David 
5M. Helfrich of Freeburg, Gary Charles Henning of Freeburg, Paul 
6Joseph Hettich of Antioch, James Hobson of Chicago, Eugene L. 
7Hollaway of Chester, Michael Holub of Berwyn, Joshua Huey of 
8Streator, Dona Carol Huffman of Chandlerville, Dale H. Hunter 
9of Springfield, Robert Iverson III of Broadview, William T. 
10Jackson of Forsyth, Raymond P. Jakubiak of Naperville, Tyler 
11Janiak of Princeton, Donald Lee Jennings of Waverly, Tommy 
12"Tom" Lee Jones of Pingree Grove, Arleigh Jones of Tuscola, 
13David Kampwerth of Highland, Gregory Kelm of Belvidere, James 
14Kerr Sr. of Rock Island, John Kowalski of Scheller, Michael 
15Edward Lake of Des Plaines, Frank Robert Langenhorst of 
16Germantown, Jimmie D. Lansford of Streator, Clifford 
17Lauderdale of Shorewood, Matthew Lee Lawson of Winchester, Art 
18Leach of Odell, David D. Lewis of Girard, Col. Anthony P. Libri 
19Jr. of New Berlin, Vincent R. Long of Beason, Alberto Lopez of 
20Elgin, Dale H. Lovekamp of Beardstown, Herschel L. Luckinbill 
21of Montgomery, Allen Lynch of Gurnee, Gerald L. Mahr of Mt. 
22Auburn, Albert Mampre of Skokie, Marie Marcotte of Washington, 
23James R. Marshall of Topeka, Victor Martinka of Plainfield, 
24Lisa Ann Mattingly of Winfield, William D. Maune of Park 
25Forest, John L. McCorkle of Jacksonville, Terrence J. McDonald 
26of Markham, Joseph P. McKeown of Elgin, Philip H. Mette of 
 
 
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1Effingham, John Albert Metzger of Benton, John Joseph Micetich 
2of Coal City, Maryna Misiewicz of Freeport, James H. Mukoyama 
3Jr. of Glenview, Eric Murphy of Chatham, Louis Myers Jr. of 
4Petersburg, Virginia A. Narsete of Lisle, Larry E. Nazimek of 
5Chicago, William L. Neuman of Waverly, Dennis L. Nilsson of 
6Niles, William J. Nissen of Lake Bluff, Christopher J. 
7O'Donnell of Winnetka, Stanley Olenjack of Bradley, Anthony 
8O'Neal of Girard, Timothy George O'Neil of Roselle, Greg 
9Padovani of Arlington Heights, Ralph Pechanio of Elmhurst, Leo 
10Walter Penkala of Wheaton, Larry Perrine of Quincy, Frederick 
11"Fritz" Pfister of Chatham, John Picciolo of Lockport, Kathie 
12Powless of Blue Mound, John C. Preston of Redbud, Jennifer 
13Pritzker of Chicago, Robert W. Reichert of Woodridge, Sam Rice 
14of Toulon, Diane Leslee Richardson of Belleville, Ned B. Ricks 
15of Gurnee, Ernest Rinella of Marion, Wilbert Rolves of Caryle, 
16Thomas F. Root of Princeton, Dustin Row of Columbia, Alan W. 
17Rowe of Ottawa, Mallory D. Russell of Lawrenceville, James 
18Sabella of O'Fallon, Benjamin Drew Sanders of Joliet, Oscar 
19Harrison Sanders Jr. of Anna, Roy Brown Sartin of Chicago, 
20Lawrence J. Sassorossi of Highland Park, Joseph S. Schaler of 
21Lincoln, Blake Schroedter of Effingham, John Schwan of South 
22Barrington, Roger Schwengel of Quincy, John Williams Scifers of 
23Hainesville, Delbert Leon Seaton of Streamwood, Nick D. Seefeld 
24of Aledo, John Walter Shaw of Naperville, Ronald Singer of 
25Geneva, Lt. Col. Sarah D. Smith of Edwardsville, C.O. Smith of 
26Jacksonville, Kevin Smith of Orland Park, Victor A. Somoza of 
 
 
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1Crystal Lake, Robert Spears of Knoxville, Vincent J. Speranza 
2of Auburn, J.D. "Butch" Spindler of Robinson, Cheri L. 
3(Clayton) Stanton of Monmouth, Robert Statam of Chicago, Dennis 
4Thompson of Alsip, Eugene Kenneth Thompson of Marseilles, Aaron 
5P. Thorpe of Macomb, Dennis Tipsword of East Peoria, Raymond E. 
6Torres of Sterling, Lauralee A. Treece of Waverly, Darrel 
7Tucker of Clinton, Angela Denise Tyler of Chicago, Richard J. 
8Van Pelt of Manteno, Rogelio Villa of Chicago, Bruce David 
9Voges of St. Joseph, Michael E. Walton of Springfield, Rodney 
10Wangelin of LaSalle, Craig Warner of Vernon Hills, Dawn Renee 
11Whitcomb of Quincy, Earl M. White of Salem, Thomas P. Wilczak 
12of Romeoville, Eli Williamson of Chicago, Derrick Winding of 
13Chicago, William Wolff of Bloomingdale, Winston Woodard III of 
14Oak Lawn, Chad T. Woodburn of El Paso, James Hector Word of 
15Steeleville, Frank Wozniak of Lemont, Edward N. Wright of 
16Jacksonville, and Roy E. Ziegler of Taylorville; therefore, be 
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18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
19HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
20honor and recognize the outstanding work, valor, and courage of 
21the recipients of the HONOR 200 award; and be it further
  
 
22    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
23presented to the recipients of the HONOR 200 award as a symbol 
24of our esteem and respect.