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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the passing of Illinois National Guard Sergeant |
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| Schuyler Brent Patch of Galva, who died while serving in |
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| Kandahar, Afghanistan on February 24, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born February 17, 1984, in Kewanee, the son |
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| of John Lang Patch and Colleen Diane (Gorey) Stevens; he |
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| graduated from Wethersfield High School in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined the Oklahoma National Guard in March |
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| 2005 and transferred to the Illinois National Guard in November |
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| 2007; he was attached to the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, playing |
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| Texas hold-em, and going to concerts; he also enjoyed spending |
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| time with his friends, and family, and going to Mission Beach, |
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| California; he was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and enjoyed the |
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| outdoors; and
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| WHEREAS, Schuyler was preceded in death by his |
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| great-grandparents, Clyde and Melba Lang, Wilbur and Esther |
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| Patch, Dean and Lucille Gorey, and Arvel and Emily Petty; and |
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| many other loved ones and fallen brothers in arms; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Schuyler Patch is survived by his father, |
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| John and Amy Patch; his mother, Colleen and Rick Stevens; his |
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| sister, Amber Patch Troxell and her husband, Brandon; his |
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| brothers, Seth Patch and Garrett Patch; his stepbrothers, Zach |
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| and Blake Stevens; his paternal grandparents, Dan and Joan |
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| Patch; his maternal grandparents, David Gorey and Mary Gorey; |
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| and his nephews, Logan and Cole Troxell; his aunts and uncles, |
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| David and Kathy Patch, Jeff Patch, Jeff and Lori (Patch) |
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| Martin, Curtis Gorey, David and Trudy Gorey, James and Pam |
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| (Gorey) Fairchild, and Kevin and Theresa Gorey; and his |
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| fiancee, Amber Spaniel; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his friends and family, the passing of Sergeant Schuyler Patch; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Schuyler |
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| Patch and his willingness to serve his country, which led to |
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| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Sergeant Schuyler Patch as a symbol |
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| of our sympathy and respect.
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