Bill Text: IL HJR0037 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of U.S. Route 50 as it runs through Odin as the "Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-25 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0037 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0037-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to truly great individuals who | ||||||
| 4 | have served our country and, in doing so, have made the | ||||||
| 5 | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Kleiboeker was assigned to the 2nd | ||||||
| 7 | Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp | ||||||
| 8 | Lejeune, North Carolina; he was raised in Odin, which is | ||||||
| 9 | located 148 miles south of Springfield just south of | ||||||
| 10 | Centralia; he graduated from Odin High School, a school of | ||||||
| 11 | less than one hundred students, in 2001 where he was an Honor | ||||||
| 12 | Roll student; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Kleiboeker enjoyed hunting and fishing | ||||||
| 14 | and chose to serve his country by pursuing a lifelong dream of | ||||||
| 15 | becoming a Marine; he planned to go to college before officers | ||||||
| 16 | school; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian | ||||||
| 18 | Kleiboeker will be deeply felt by all who knew him, including | ||||||
| 19 | his mother, Teresa Clark, his father, Gary Kleiboeker, his | ||||||
| 20 | father's wife, Sheryl, his sisters, Jessica, Jennifer, and | ||||||
| 21 | Brittany, and his brothers, JR, JD, Shane, and Samuel; | ||||||
| 22 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 3 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
| 4 | U.S. Route 50 as it runs through Odin as the "Lance Cpl. | ||||||
| 5 | Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker Highway"; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 7 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 8 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 9 | giving notice of the name "Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian | ||||||
| 10 | Kleiboeker Highway"; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian | ||||||
| 13 | Kleiboeker, the Mayor of Odin, and the Secretary of the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Department of Transportation.
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