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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Herman |
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| Hartcourt Blackorby Jr. of Jerseyville, who passed away July 8, |
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| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Blackorby Jr. was born December 5, 1923, in |
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| Granite City, one of 10 children born to Herman H. and Grace E. |
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| (Drulard) Blackorby; he married the former Luella C. Carstens |
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| on August 26, 1946, in Jerseyville; and
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| WHEREAS, As a young man he attended Jersey County schools, |
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| and entered the United States Navy in 1942, serving in World |
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| War II; he attained the rank of aviation ordinance turret, |
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| first class, and was honorably discharged in 1946; in November |
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| 1946 he was hired by the city of Jerseyville as a patrolman for |
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| the police department; he was elected Jersey County sheriff in |
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| 1949, serving one term, then was elected Jersey County |
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| treasurer; he served in that capacity for three years before he |
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| was asked to serve as chief of police for the city of |
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| Jerseyville, a position he held for 23 years before retiring in |
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| 1980; and
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| WHEREAS, He began serving as a security officer for Jersey |
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| State Bank in 1982, and in April 1983, once again served the |
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| citizens of Jerseyville, being elected as the city's mayor, |
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| serving the Jerseyville community for three terms; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on many clubs, committees, and |
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| organizations, including the First United Methodist Church, |
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| the Fieldon Masonic Lodge, where he served as master in 1969, |
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| and the board of directors of the Piasa Council of the Boy |
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| Scouts of America; he was president of the Jerseyville Jaycees |
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| in 1956; he was a lifetime member of the Illinois Association |
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| of Chiefs of Police, serving on the executive board for 10 |
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| years; he was a life member of the Illinois Police Association, |
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| a chairman of the Southern Illinois Police Association, and |
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| advisory board member for the research center for law |
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| enforcement education at Western Illinois University in Macomb |
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| for four years; and he served as chairman of the West Central |
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| Illinois Law Enforcement Commission for five years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jamie |
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| (Blackorby) Arthur; and three brothers, Cleo, Harold, and Bert |
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| Blackorby and one in infancy; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Blackorby Jr. is survived by his wife, |
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| Luella; his two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Connie |
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| Blackorby and Ronald and Vicky Blackorby; his three |
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| granddaughters, Leigh (husband, Todd) McGill, Shannon |
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| Blackorby, and Mindy Blackorby; his sisters, Bernadine |
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| Mitchell, Della Shortal, and Marilyn Scott; and his brothers, |
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| Sloke Blackorby and Louis Blackorby; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Herman |
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| Blackorby Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Herman Blackorby Jr. as a symbol of |
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| our sympathy.
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