Full Text of HR0488 94th General Assembly
HR0488 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of the death of | 4 |
| Pfc. Wyatt Dale Eisenhauer who gave his life in Said of | 5 |
| Abdullah (Southern Baghdad), Iraq, in the service of his | 6 |
| country on May 19, 2005, while serving with Headquarters and | 7 |
| Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade | 8 |
| Combat team, 1st Armored Division United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2004, he joined the U.S. Army, following in the | 10 |
| footsteps of his father, Fred Eisenhauer and Grandpa Fred | 11 |
| "Fritz" Eisenhauer; he completed his basic training at Fort | 12 |
| Knox, Kentucky and was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, when | 13 |
| his unit deployed to Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Pfc. Eisenhauer was born in Pinckneyville, the | 15 |
| county of Perry, on Flag Day, June 14, 1978, the son of Fred | 16 |
| and Gay Eisenhauer; he was a brother to Rebecca, Hannah, and | 17 |
| Leah; and
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| WHEREAS, He went to kindergarten in Pinckneyville, | 19 |
| attended Pinckneyville Grade School, and graduated from | 20 |
| Pinckneyville High School; while in high school, he was a | 21 |
| member of the Pinckneyville Panther's wrestling team, band, and | 22 |
| V.I.C.A.; he was honored for distinguished achievement when | 23 |
| placing first place in the State Diesel Equipment Technician | 24 |
| competition; he loved music and played the trumpet, guitar, | 25 |
| baritone, and piano; he also set up sound systems and ran the | 26 |
| sound boards for many bands; after high school, he attended | 27 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in the Automotive | 28 |
| Mechanic program; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved the outdoors and thoroughly enjoyed | 30 |
| fishing, as well as kayaking down Beaucoup Creek; he also loved | 31 |
| rock climbing, camping, and animals, especially his bird, Jake; |
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dale | 3 |
| and Joy Farthing and Fred "Fritz" Eisenhauer; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Wyatt Dale Eisenhauer is felt by | 5 |
| all who knew and loved him, especially his parents, Fred and | 6 |
| Gay Eisenhauer; his sister, Rebecca Anderson and her family, | 7 |
| husband, Willie Anderson, nieces, Alexis and Caitlyn Anderson, | 8 |
| and nephew and namesake, Jacob William Dale Anderson; his | 9 |
| sisters, Hannah and Leah Eisenhauer; his grandmother, | 10 |
| Catherine Eisenhauer; his great-grandmother, Ruth Huffstutler; | 11 |
| his aunts and uncles, Larry and Sherry Goldman, Todd and Susan | 12 |
| Farthing, Tim and Carla Hankla, Darrell and Sharon Eisenhauer, | 13 |
| Ross and Linda Eisenhauer, and Bill and Mary Lou Ozburn; and a | 14 |
| host of cousins and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, His family is extremely proud of Wyatt Dale | 16 |
| Eisenhauer, who was a very humble young man, a private person, | 17 |
| with wisdom beyond his years, who made the supreme sacrifice | 18 |
| for his nation and the family he loved; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| together with his family, friends, and the citizens of this | 22 |
| State and this great nation, we mourn the passing of Wyatt Dale | 23 |
| Eisenhauer, for the truest heroes of the Iraq War are the | 24 |
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of the United States Armed Forces who have made the
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| ultimate sacrifice of their lives on behalf of their country; | 26 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 29 |
| sympathy.
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