Full Text of SR0496 93rd General Assembly
SR0496 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened | 3 |
| to learn of the death of United States Marine Corps helicopter | 4 |
| pilot Capt. Adam Miller of Midolothian on January 22, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Capt. Miller was among the four people tragically | 6 |
| killed when a military helicopter crashed during a training | 7 |
| exercise at a Camp Pendelton, a base north of San Diego; he was | 8 |
| part of a detachment from Marine Light Attack Helicopter | 9 |
| Squadron 169, attached to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron | 10 |
| 166, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary | 11 |
| Force; and
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| WHEREAS, Capt. Miller had returned from Iraq in August and | 13 |
| was set to redeploy there in June; he had previously served in | 14 |
| Afghanistan; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Capt. Miller graduated from Oak Forest High | 16 |
| School, where he played basketball; he was a member of a group | 17 |
| of friends that his parents, Joe and Sandra Miller, dubbed "The | 18 |
| Brainiacs"; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Capt. Miller's military career started after he | 20 |
| earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1996 | 21 |
| from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; it was at | 22 |
| college that he met Nicole, his wife of three years and an | 23 |
| Aurora native; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon graduation, he was accepted into the Marines' | 25 |
| officer training school in Quantico, Virginia, and became a | 26 |
| lieutenant in 1997; he earned his wings in 1998 and his mother | 27 |
| was honored to pin them on during the ceremony; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Capt. Adam Miller will be deeply | 29 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Nicole; his parents, Joseph |
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| and Sandra (nee Schmeski); his siblings, James and Melissa; his | 2 |
| nephew, Jacob; his grandparents, Edward and Joyce Schmeski; his | 3 |
| uncles, John Schmeski, Wade (Dawn) Schmeski and Jimmy, Gene, | 4 |
| Jerry, Tommy (Kathy), Jack, Denny (Joyce) and Mickey Miller; | 5 |
| his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Josef and Linda (nee | 6 |
| Masters) Ratschan; and his sister-in-law, Kristin (Henry) | 7 |
| Reifsnyder; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the tragic | 10 |
| death of Capt. Adam Miller along with all who knew and loved | 11 |
| him and extend our sincere condolences to his family and | 12 |
| friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Capt. Adam Miller as an expression | 15 |
| of our deepest sympathy.
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