8 Kane Veterans Earn Place on Illinois Bicentennial’s ‘Honor 200’ List
Eight Kane County veterans have been named recipients of Bicentennial HONOR 200, honoring the work of 200 veterans who continue to make extraordinary contributions to the people of Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Illinois Bicentennial Office announced the recipients earlier this week.
U.S. Navy veteran Herschel Luckinbill of Montgomery, was Hero of the Game at a Chicago White Sox game earlier this year. (CREDIT: The Voice)
Kane County’s recipients are:
- Ronald Archibald of Aurora
- Craig A. Essick of Elgin
- James Harvey of Elgin
- Tommy “Tom” Lee Jones of Pingree Grove
- Alberto Lopez of Elgin
- Herschel L. Luckinbill of Montgomery
- Jospeh P. McKeown of Elgin
- Ronald Singer of Geneva
“America is the greatest nation on earth because of the sacrifice of our veterans,” said Gov. Bruce Rauner. “We are proud to honor these 200 men and women as part of our Bicentennial celebration. Their service didn’t stop when they took off their uniforms. They continue to be heroes among us by going above and beyond the call of duty to take care of the people in their communities.”
“The Bicentennial HONOR 200 campaign is one of the most important commemorations of the yearlong Bicentennial Celebration,” said Stuart Layne, executive director of the Bicentennial Commission. “These 200 Illinois veterans truly make us Illinois Proud.”
Former Geneva Alderman Ron Singer is among the honorees.
All the Honor 200 recipients have been invited to attend the state’s official 200th birthday celebration at the United Center in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2018.
“Honor 200 provides us with an opportunity to showcase our veterans and the values they have when it comes to serving our communities,” said IDVA Director Stephen Curda, Ph.D.
The recipients represent more than 50 counties across the state of Illinois. Nominees were evaluated based on their achievements, and on the extent to which their contributions have aided, benefited and provided inspiration to their community at large. In addition, nominees must have received an honorable discharge from the U.S. military and reside in Illinois.
For information on the Bicentennial go to www.illinois200.gov.
The Honor 200 recipients are:
|
Frist Name |
Last Name |
City |
| Daniel L | Acosta | Joliet |
| Robert M | Adams | Winfield |
| Jose | Alferez | Naperville |
| Ronald Steven (Steve) | Allen | Newman |
| Loyal (Andy) | Anderson | Mt. Carmel |
| Ronald | Archibald | Aurora |
| Robert A. | Arciola | Bartlett |
| Damon T. | Arnold | Chicago |
| James A | Balcer | Chicago |
| Stanley D | Banash | Chicago |
| Barry | Baron | Bourbonnais |
| Charles “Red” | Becker | Evansville |
| William R. | Beiersdorf | Arlington Hts. |
| Terrence J. | Benshoff | Glen Ellyn |
| Rex K. | Berry | Springfield |
| AC Homer Lee | Bizzle, III | Bellwood |
| Steve B. | Blinn | Orland Park |
| Stoy | Bliss | Maroa |
| Ethan | Blumhorst | Carbondale |
| John | Borling | Rockford |
| Patrick Walker | Brannan | Jacksonville |
| Andrew J “Doc” | Brown | Chicago |
| Bill | Browne | Hazel Crest |
| Sharon | Buchanan | Chicago |
| David “Scott” | Buennemeyer | Marseilles |
| Delmar | Buske | Litchfield |
| Patricia A. | Caire | Chicago |
| Stanley | Campbell | Rockford |
| Joe L. | Cherry, Jr. | Plainfield |
| Josue E. | Cordova | New Lenox |
| Mario | Cornelio | Shorewood |
| Brad | Cox | Springfield |
| Rochelle | Crump | Hazelcrest |
| Carlos Enrique | Cruz | Oswego |
| Robert M | Davis | South Holland |
| Thomas J. | Day | Berwyn |
| John Henry”Dutch” | DeGroot | Mt. Prospect |
| Daren S. | Dietmeier | Aledo |
| Stacey | Dixon | Chicago |
| Gardner T. | Douglas | Chicago |
| Thomas Michael | Dubelbeis | Orland Park |
| Charlie | Dukes | Georgetown |
| Patrick John | Dunham | Lindenhurst |
| Gary | Eisenhower, Sr. | Freeport |
| John | Espinoza | Rock Falls |
| Craig A. | Essick | Elgin |
| William Joseph | Fanning | Fowler |
| Edward M. | Farmer | Chicago |
| Felipe | Ferrer | Elk Grove Village |
| Rodney J. | Fink | Macomb |
| Beverly A. | Fitch | Calumet City |
| Steven | Fixler | Wheaton |
| Jorge | Fonseca | Bolingbrook |
| Dr. Clarice R. | Ford | Springfield |
| Thomas | Ford | Mt. Carmel |
| Candy | Gann | Havana |
| Joan H. | Garvert | Springfield |
| Sharon | Gaston | Burnham |
| Thomas Green | Gilder, Jr. | Lake Barrington |
| Bradley P. | Gould | Rantoul |
| Michael P. | Graffis | Tinley Park |
| Ernest | Gregory | Meredosia |
| SFC Frank | Gutierrez | Chicago |
| William | Haine | Alton |
| Lawrence W. | Hallstrom, LTC | Dunlap |
| Daryl | Hancock | Collinsville |
| Thomas | Harness | Carterville |
| Major Gen. David | Harris | Arlington Hts. |
| Derrick K. | Harris | Chicago |
| Michael M. | Hartman | Mendota |
| James | Harvey | Elgin |
| Robert M | Healy | Schaumburg |
| Julius | Hegler | Danville |
| David M. | Helfrich | Freeburg |
| Gary Charles | Henning | Freeburg |
| Paul Joseph | Hettich | Antioch |
| James | Hobson | Chicago |
| Eugene L. | Hollaway | Chester |
| Michael | Holub | Berwyn |
| Joshua | Huey | Streator |
| Dona Carol | Huffman | Chandlerville |
| Dale H. | Hunter | Springfield |
| Robert | Iverson, III | Broadview |
| William T | Jackson | Forsyth |
| Raymond P. | Jakubiak | Naperville |
| Tyler | Janiak | Princeton |
| Donald Lee | Jennings | Waverly |
| Tommy “Tom” Lee | Jones | Pingree Grove |
| Arleigh | Jones | Tuscola |
| David | Kammpwerth | Highland |
| Gregory | Kelm | Belvidere |
| James | Kerr, Sr. | Rock Island |
| John | Kowalski | Scheller |
| Michael Edward | Lake | Des Plaines |
| Frank Robert | Langenhorst | Germantown |
| Jimmie D. | Lansford | Streator |
| Clifford | Lauderdale | Shorewood |
| Matthew Lee | Lawson | Winchester |
| Art | Leach | Odell |
| David D | Lewis | Girard |
| Col. Anthony P. | Libri, Jr. | New Berlin |
| Vincent R | Long | Beason |
| Alberto | Lopez | Elgin |
| Dale H. | Lovekamp | Beardstown |
| Herschel L. | Luckinbill | Montgomery |
| Allen | Lynch | Gurnee |
| Gerald L. | Mahr | Mt. Auburn |
| Albert | Mampre | Skokie |
| Marie | Marcotte | Washington |
| James R. | Marshall | Topeka |
| Victor | Martinka | Plainfield |
| Lisa Ann | Mattingly | Winfield |
| William D | Maune | Park Forest |
| John L. | McCorkle | Jacksonville |
| Terrence J. | McDonald | Markham |
| Joseph P. | McKeown | Elgin |
| Philip H. | Mette | Effingham |
| John Albert | Metzger | Benton |
| John Joseph | Micetich | Coal City |
| Maryna | Misiewicz | Freeport |
| James H | Mukoyama, Jr. | Glenview |
| Eric | Murphy | Chatham |
| Louis | Myers, Jr. | Petersburg |
| Virginia A. | Narsete | Lisle |
| Larry E. | Nazimek | Chicago |
| William L. | Neuman | Waverly |
| Dennis, L | Nilsson | Niles |
| William J | Nissen | Lake Bluff |
| Christopher J. | O’Donnell | Winnetka |
| Stanley | Olenjack | Bradley |
| Anthony | O’Neal | Girard |
| Timothy George | O’Neil | Roselle |
| Greg | Padovani | Arlington Heights |
| Ralph | Pechanio | Elmhurst |
| Leo Walter | Penkala | Wheaton |
| Larry | Perrine | Quincy |
| Frederick (Fritz) | Pfister | Chatham |
| John | Picciolo | Lockport |
| Kathie | Powless | Blue Mound |
| John C. | Preston | Redbud |
| Jennifer | Pritzker | Chicago |
| Robert W | Reichert | Woodridge |
| Sam | Rice | Toulon |
| Diane Leslee | Richardson | Belleville |
| Ned B. | Ricks | Gurnee |
| Ernest | Rinella | Marion |
| Wilbert | Rolves | Carlyle |
| Thomas F. | Root | Princeton |
| Dustin | Row | Columbia |
| Alan W. | Rowe | Ottawa |
| Mallory D. | Russell | Lawrenceville |
| James | Sabella | O’Fallon |
| Benjamin Drew | Sanders | Joliet |
| Oscar Harrison | Sanders, Jr. | Anna |
| Roy Brown | Sartin | Chicago |
| Lawrence J. | Sassorossi | Highland Park |
| Joseph S. | Schaler | Lincoln |
| Blake | Schroedter | Effingham |
| John | Schwan | So. Barrington |
| Roger | Schwengel | Quincy |
| John Williams | Scifers | Hainesville |
| Delbert Leon | Seaton | Streamwood |
| Nick D. | Seefeld | Aledo |
| John Walter | Shaw | Naperville |
| Ronald | Singer | Geneva |
| Lt. Col. Sarah D. | Smith | Edwardsville |
| C.O. | Smith | Jacksonville |
| Kevin | Smith | Orland Park |
| Victor A. | Somoza | Crystal Lake |
| Robert | Spears | Knoxville |
| Vincent J | Speranza | Auburn |
| J.D. “Butch” | Spindler | Robinson |
| Cheri L. | Stanton (Clayton) | Monmouth |
| Robert | Statam | Chicago |
| Dennis | Thompson | Alsip |
| Eugene Kenneth | Thompson | Marseilles |
| Aaron P | Thorpe | Macomb |
| Dennis | Tipsword | East Peoria |
| Raymond E. | Torres | Sterling |
| Lauralee A. | Treece | Waverly |
| Darrel | Tucker | Clinton |
| Angela Denise | Tyler | Chicago |
| Richard J. | Van Pelt | Manteno |
| Rogelio | Villa | Chicago |
| Bruce David | Voges | St. Joseph |
| Michael E. | Walton | Springfield |
| Rodney | Wangelin | LaSalle |
| Craig | Warner | Vernon Hills |
| Dawn Renee | Whitcomb | Quincy |
| Earl M. | White | Salem |
| Thomas P | Wilczak | Romeoville |
| Eli | Williamson | Chicago |
| Derrick | Winding | Chicago |
| William | Wolff | Bloomingdale |
| Winston | Woodard, III | Oak Lawn |
| Chad T. | Woodburn | El Paso |
| James Hector | Word | Steeleville |
| Frank | Wozniak | Lemont |
| Edward N | Wright | Jacksonville |
| Roy E. | Ziegler | Taylorville |
SOURCE: state of Illinois news release
