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LRB094 10627 CSA 40971 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Marine Lance Corporal Sean Maher of the Grayslake |
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| area died February 2, 2005, while conducting security |
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| operations in Iraq two days before he was to leave the country |
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| as his tour was ending; his unit, the 1st Marine Expeditionary |
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| Force, was ambushed in Al Anbar province near Fallujah; and
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| WHEREAS, He talked about joining the Marines on March 19, |
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| 2003, the day the United States invaded Iraq; within a week, he |
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| had enlisted and turned down an opportunity to enroll at |
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| Southern Illinois University; he left for boot camp two months |
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| after graduating from high school; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 2003 Warren Township graduate and had |
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| been a member of the school's varsity football, swim, and track |
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| teams; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as being kind, generous, and |
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| athletic; he was a bright light, a fun-loving young man who was |
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| mature beyond his 19 years; he had a good sense of humor and a |
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| good sense of duty; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his father and mother, Daniel |
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| and Janet Maher; his sister, Katie; his brother, Dan; and his |
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| aunt, Peggy O'Keefe; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| together with his family, friends, fellow members of the United |
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| States armed forces, and the citizens of this State and this |
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| great nation, we mourn the passing of Marine Lance Corporal |
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| Sean Maher and we extend to his family our sincerest |
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| condolences; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |