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SR0129LRB104 12481 MST 22819 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of George Millard Burrier Jr. of Morton, 

4who passed away on February 17, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, George Burrier was born in Chicago to George M. 

6Sr. and Elizabeth (Griggs) Burrier on June 12, 1943; he 

7attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania for his final two 

8years of high school and then Muskingum College in Ohio for two 

9years; he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in January 

10of 1967 from Northern Illinois University; he started law 

11school at John Marshall Law School in Chicago and received his 

12draft notice while finishing his second semester; he married 

13Sandra Stetzler in Morton at the Presbyterian Church on July 

1414, 1973; and

15 WHEREAS, George Burrier enlisted in the U.S. Army and 

16served as a Chaplin's Assistant; while there he was awarded 

17the Air Medal Army Commendation Medal for Service, the Army 

18Commendation Medal for Achievement, the Certificate of 

19Achievement from USARV Headquarters, and the Vietnam Combat 

20Medal; he returned from Vietnam and went to work for Pullman, 

21Inc. in downtown Chicago; he transferred to the Illinois 

22Institute of Technology - Kent College of Law and attended 

23night school and earned his J.D. in 1973; and

SR0129- 2 -LRB104 12481 MST 22819 r

1 WHEREAS, George Burrier worked for several law firms in 

2the Peoria area during his career before opening his own law 

3practice in East Peoria in 1997; he supported the development 

4of the Morton to East Peoria bike trail, which he used several 

5times a week to peddle his bicycle from his home in Morton to 

6his law practice in East Peoria; and