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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 death of United States Army Specialist David A. |
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| Schaefer Jr. of Smithton, who died while serving his country in |
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| Baghdad, Iraq on May 16, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, David A. Schaefer Jr. was born March 27, 1982, in |
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| Belleville; he attended Freeburg High School in Freeburg and |
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| worked as a diesel mechanic for Beelman Trucking Company in St. |
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| Libory; he later worked for a trucking center in Troy; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Schaefer served with the Illinois |
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| National Guard for 1 1/2 years before being called to active |
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| duty in the regular Army; he was assigned to Company C, 1st |
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| Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, |
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| Schweinfurt, Germany; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a strong-willed, very determined young man |
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| and a loving father and husband; he fought for our freedom with |
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| bravery and integrity and was proud to be a United States Army |
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| soldier; and
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| WHEREAS, David Schaefer was preceded in death by his |
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| paternal grandparents, Alan and Ada Schaefer; his maternal |
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| great-grandparents, William and Violet Bumann; his |
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| great-uncle, William Bumann Jr.; and his grandparents-in-law, |
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| Aloma Y. Lawrence, Betty J. Sauer, and John Phillips; and
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| WHEREAS, United States Army Specialist David A. Schaefer |
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| Jr. is survived by his wife, Shelly, nee Phillips, Schaefer; |
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| his children, Jason Phillips, Logan Schaefer, and Savanna |
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| Schaefer; his father, David A. Schaefer Sr.; his mother, |
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| Rhonda, nee Ernst, Kemper; his sisters, Courtney Schaefer and |
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| Theresa Schaefer; his brothers, Dwayne (Tiffany) Schaefer and |
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| Adam Schaefer; his niece and nephew, Tiffany and Jerry Goodwin; |
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| his maternal grandparents, Walter "Red" and Viola, nee Bumann, |
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| Ernst; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Richard and |
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| Sherry, nee Lawrence, Phillips; his brother-in-law, Jeremy C. |
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| (Rachel) Phillips; his sister-in-law, Chrystal Phillips; his |
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| grandfather-in-law, Robert Lawrence; and his aunts, uncles, |
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| and cousins; 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 family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of |
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| United States Army Specialist David A. Schaefer Jr.; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of United States Army |
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| Specialist David A. Schaefer Jr. and his willingness to serve |
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| his country, which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; |