Illinois SR 91: MEMORIAL - DIANE L. HARTMAN

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SR0091LRB104 11904 LAW 21995 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of J. Sam Garnati of Herrin, who passed 

4away on January 2, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Sam Garnati, the son of Sylvia (Pellegrini) 

6Garnati and Charles Garnati, was born in Herrin on November 

715, 1923; he attended St. Mary's Grade School and graduated 

8from Herrin High School in 1942; he served in the U.S. Army 

9during World War II from March 1943 to March 1946, and he was 

10stationed overseas for 18 months; he first served in the First 

11Army and then was transferred to General George S. Patton's 

12Third Army Division, beginning his military career as an 

13infantryman and later serving as an ambulance driver; he 

14married Helen Hemlock at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic 

15Church in Herrin on April 13, 1944, and she preceded him in 

16death on March 27, 2000; and

17 WHEREAS, Sam Garnati joined the Illinois State Police in 

18March 1949, and he was promoted to corporal in 1959 and then 

19sergeant in 1964; he later worked as the desk sergeant for 

20District 13 in DuQuoin until he retired after 34 years of 

21service on December 31, 1982; and

22 WHEREAS, Sam Garnati was elected as the first chairman of 

SR0091- 2 -LRB104 11904 LAW 21995 r

1the newly formed Shawnee Division of the Illinois Police 

2Association (IPA) in 1956; he later served as president of the 

3IPA statewide from 1988-1989, becoming the third state trooper 

4to ever hold this honor during the organization's 100-year 

5history; he became the first person to be awarded the IPA 

6Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019; and

7 WHEREAS, Sam Garnati belonged to several organizations and 

8participated in numero