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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of United States Army Private First Class
4Adam Dobereiner on November 18, 2011, while serving his country
5in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan as a Combat Engineer;
6he was on a mission to free 2 villages from Taliban control
7when the vehicle he was driving was hit by an improvised
8explosive device; and
 
9    WHEREAS, He was born on November 21, 1989, in Rock Island,
10to Christopher and Lee Ann (Smith) Dobereiner; he was engaged
11to Jenna Schmitt and was to be married on January 3, 2012; he
12graduated from Moline High School in 2008, where he
13participated in wrestling, football, and building trades; he
14then enrolled as a student at Black Hawk College; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Following a longline of family military service,
16he enlisted in the United States Army in 2010 and graduated
17training as a Combat Engineer; he was deployed to Afghanistan
18on July 6, 2011; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Whether it was helping distribute food at church,
20shoveling a sidewalk for someone, giving his best effort for
21his team, or choosing to give up his weekends to care for his
22great-grandfather in the last months of his life, Adam was

 

 

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1always known to step up; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Adam Dobereiner was preceded in death by his aunt,
3Beth Smith; his uncle, Stephen Dobereiner; his great uncles,
4Pete Hantz Jr. and Stanley Hantz; and his great-grandparents,
5Pete Hantz Sr., Troy and Lorraine Huff, Alvin and Margaret
6Dobereiner, and Ida and Herbert Smith; and
 
7    WHEREAS, United States Army Private First Class Adam
8Dobereiner is survived by his mother, Lee Ann Dobereiner; his
9father, Christopher Dobereiner; his siblings, Christopher
10Lorenze (Kelly) Dobereiner II, Helen Teresa (Marty)
11Dobereiner-Durbin, and Ann Marie Dobereiner; his nieces and
12nephews, Conner, Addison, Alayna, Marlee, and Ariana; his
13grandparents, Don and Helen Smith, Larry and Vicki Dobereiner,
14and William and Linda Blackwell; his great-grandparents, Leota
15Hantz and Ivan and Joan Overton; his aunts and uncles, Pete and
16Terri Smith, Tim and Elizabeth Krahl, Steven and Jennifer
17Thomas, Chris and MaryJo Thomas, and Mark Thomas; and his
18fiancee, Jenna Schmitt; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21his family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of
22United States Army Private First Class Adam Dobereiner; and be
23it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of United States Army
2Private First Class Adam Dobereiner and his willingness to
3serve his country, which led to him making the ultimate
4sacrifice; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the family of United States Army Private First
7Class Adam Dobereiner as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.