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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
4their lives in service to their communities; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Sergeant Marcos Leonardo Gudino was born in Elgin
6to Frank and Minerva Gudino on January 26, 1988; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino graduated from St. Edward High
8school in 2006 and then attended Elgin Community College; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino enlisted in August 2010 and served
10in the Illinois Army National Guard as a medic; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino was assigned to the Headquarters
12Company, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment based at
13General Richard L. Jones Armory in Chicago; he earned the Army
14Service Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal; and
 
15    WHEREAS, On March 25, 2018, Sergeant Gudino passed away
16from injuries sustained when his military ambulance crashed as
17he was returning home from a weekend training; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino also worked at McGrath Auto Sales
19in St. Charles and was recently offered a position as a police

 

 

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1officer for the Village of Streamwood; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino was a member of St. Laurence
3Catholic Church in Elgin; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino was preceded in death by his
5grandmother, Josefa Gudino; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Sergeant Gudino is survived by his parents; his
7siblings, Troy Gudino and Mikel Palm; and his many aunts,
8uncles, nieces, nephews, family, and friends; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the US 20 bridge over
12Illinois Route 31 as the "Sergeant Marcos Leonardo Gudino
13Memorial Bridge"; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
15is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
16State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
17giving notice of the name "Sergeant Marcos Leonardo Gudino
18Memorial Bridge"; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
20presented to the family of Sergeant Gudino and the Secretary of

 

 

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