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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply |
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| saddened to learn of the tragic death of Lance Cpl. Torrey |
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| Stoffel-Gray of Patoka on April 11, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Torrey Stoffel-Gray was born on December 17, 1984, |
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| in Indianapolis the son of Jerry and Mary (Henson) Stoffel; and
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| WHEREAS, He lived his life in Salem and Patoka; he attended |
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| Patoka High School and after graduation attended the Lincoln |
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| Challenge Military Academy in Rantoul; and
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| WHEREAS, He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in |
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| 2002 and had his initial training at the Marine Corp Recruit |
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| Depot in San Diego; he was awarded a Combat Action Ribbon, a |
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| Presidential Unit Citation, a National Defense Service Medal, a |
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| Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, and the Purple Heart; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Cpl. Torrey Stoffel-Gray will |
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| be deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Jerry and Mary |
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| (Henson) Stoffel; his grandparents, Martha Stoffel and Robert |
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| and Linda Gray; his great-grandmother, Marion Patterson; his |
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| three brothers, Brandon Stoffel-Gray, Russell Stoffel, and |
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| Blake Stoffel; his 11 uncles and aunts, Jeff and Elizabeth |
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| Stoffel, Rebecca and Dean Veal, Sheila and Rick Plemons, Betty |
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| Haley, Sarah and Bruce Duncan, and Judy and Dwayne Greene; and |
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| his fiancee, Kari Atchison; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandparents, |
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| Russell Stoffel and Louis and Sylvia Henson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of |
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| Lance Cpl. Torrey Stoffel-Gray along with all who knew and |
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| loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family, |