Bill Text: IL HR0801 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Louis A. Meissner on 50 years of service for the City of Breese, the Breese Fire Department, and the surrounding communities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-02-05 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto [HR0801 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0801-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Louis A. Meissner | ||||||
| 4 | on 50 years of service as a volunteer firefighter for the City | ||||||
| 5 | of Breese, the Breese Fire Protection District, and the | ||||||
| 6 | surrounding communities; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Louis A. Meissner joined the Breese Fire | ||||||
| 8 | Department on March 25, 1963; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, For 50 years, 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year, | ||||||
| 10 | whenever the alarm sounded, Louis A. Messiner voluntarily left | ||||||
| 11 | his home and family to go to the aid of his community, many | ||||||
| 12 | times at personal risk to himself; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Louis A. Meissner was born on September 29, 1943; | ||||||
| 14 | he married Joanne Meyer on May 4, 1965 and they have a son, | ||||||
| 15 | Alan (Annette) Meissner and a grandson, Austin Meissner; he | ||||||
| 16 | worked at Basler Electric in Highland for over 46 years, | ||||||
| 17 | starting on July 31, 1962 and retiring on January 13, 2009; he | ||||||
| 18 | joined the United States Army Reserve on March 11, 1964 and was | ||||||
| 19 | ordered to active duty in June of 1968; he served in Vietnam | ||||||
| 20 | from November of 1968 through November of 1969; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Fire protection service is one to be honored and | ||||||
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| 1 | those individuals who choose to protect their communities | ||||||
| 2 | deserve recognition; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 4 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we congratulate Louis A. Meissner on 50 years of service as a | ||||||
| 6 | volunteer fire fighter for the City of Breese, the Breese Fire | ||||||
| 7 | Protection District, and the surrounding communities; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to Louis A. Meissner as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 11 | and respect.
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