Bill Text: IL HR1303 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Chicago Police Officer Thomas Eugene Wortham IV of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR1303 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1303-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 saddened to learn of the death of Chicago | ||||||
| 4 | Police Officer Thomas Eugene Wortham IV of Chicago, who was | ||||||
| 5 | killed in the line of duty on May 19, 2010; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, He was born on Super Bowl Sunday, January 20, 1980 | ||||||
| 7 | to Thomas Eugene Wortham III and Carolyn Wortham; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, He attended Beverly Hills Preschool and Morgan | ||||||
| 9 | Park Academy; he developed a love for science and sports while | ||||||
| 10 | in elementary school, especially baseball and soccer; he played | ||||||
| 11 | baseball in the Roseland Little League and South Side Little | ||||||
| 12 | League; he also played AYSO Soccer with the Beverly Soccer | ||||||
| 13 | League and the Blue Island Soccer League; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He attended Brother Rice High School where he | ||||||
| 15 | studied college preparatory curriculum and was a part of the | ||||||
| 16 | football and track teams; he continued his education at the | ||||||
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and earned a Bachelor of | ||||||
| 18 | Arts in Communications; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, While attending college he joined the Wisconsin | ||||||
| 20 | Army National Guard; he served in the 1-125th Infantry | ||||||
| 21 | Battalion and the 105th CAV; he attained the rank of First | ||||||
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| 1 | Lieutenant and received many commendations, including the | ||||||
| 2 | Bronze Star; he served two tours in Iraq, and had recently | ||||||
| 3 | returned home from his second tour; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Thomas Wortham IV was a member of the Evergreen | ||||||
| 5 | Park and Chicago Police Departments; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, He enjoyed sky diving, scuba diving, mountain | ||||||
| 7 | climbing, and riding his motorcycle; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Officer Thomas Wortham IV is survived by his | ||||||
| 9 | parents; his sister, Sandra; his Grandma Fannie; his Grammie | ||||||
| 10 | Bette; his aunts, Diane and Patricia; his uncles, Homer, | ||||||
| 11 | Bernard, and Frederick; his many cousins; his many friends, the | ||||||
| 12 | love of his life, Caitlin Waldhart; his fellow police officers; | ||||||
| 13 | and a grateful community; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | mourn, along with his family, friends, fellow officers, and | ||||||
| 17 | community, the passing of Chicago Police Officer Thomas Eugene | ||||||
| 18 | Wortham IV; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Thomas Eugene Wortham IV as a symbol | ||||||
| 21 | of our sincere sympathy.
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