Full Text of SR0548 93rd General Assembly
SR0548 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Lance Cpl. | 4 |
| Phillip E. Frank of Elk Grove Village on April 7, 2004 near the | 5 |
| towns of Fallujah and Ramadi in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Phillip E. Frank was born on July 5, 1983 and grew | 8 |
| up in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey; and
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| WHEREAS, He moved to Illinois shortly after is high school | 10 |
| graduation in the summer of 2002, and lived with his beloved | 11 |
| cousins, Robin and Gary Van Cleave in Deerfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Phillip Frank learned karate growing up not to | 13 |
| defend himself but to protect other kids who were being teased; | 14 |
| he was a sensitive, empathetic person who genuinely cared for | 15 |
| other people's pain; when the terrorists attacked the United | 16 |
| States in 2001, he wanted to join the Marines to ensure that | 17 |
| kind of violence didn't hit close to his friends and family | 18 |
| ever again; and
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| WHEREAS, He met his future wife, Keri, in eighth grade, she | 20 |
| was the "new kid" in their New jersey school; he was the | 21 |
| popular guy who took her under his wing; his relationship with | 22 |
| Keri went from friendship to romance when she visited him the | 23 |
| summer after graduation; he went to boot camp that fall and | 24 |
| when they reunited in April, he proposed; four months later, | 25 |
| the couple were married; she stated that her husband's | 26 |
| commitment to protecting the nation and preventing further | 27 |
| terrorist attacks is what led him to join the Marines; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Phillip Frank joined the Marines in the fall of | 29 |
| 2002; he was assigned to the Golf Company of the 2nd Battalion, | 30 |
| 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary |
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| Force based at Camp Pendleton, California; he was a proud | 2 |
| Marine who loved his country and wanted all in this world to | 3 |
| experience the freedom enjoyed in the United States; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, The National Defense Service Medal was awarded to | 5 |
| Cpl. Frank for honorable active service; he was proud to be a | 6 |
| Marine and loved his country and his willingness to serve our | 7 |
| great nation led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank will be | 9 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Keri (nee Johnson); | 10 |
| his beloved parents, Roy and Georgette (nee LaScola); his | 11 |
| loving sister, Cyndi; his aunts and uncles, Patty Phillips, | 12 |
| Marilyn (Sal) Cordasco, Jackie (Mary Ann) LaScola, Anne | 13 |
| Wohltman, and Joyce (Louis) Fishberg; his parents-in-law, Rip | 14 |
| (Christine) Johnson; his brothers-in-law, J.C. and Kenny | 15 |
| Johnson; and his many cousins; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his uncles, Robert | 17 |
| Phillips and Ronald Wohltman; therefore, be it | 18 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his | 20 |
| family, friends, educators, community, and fellow members of | 21 |
| the United States armed forces, we mourn the death of Lance | 22 |
| Cpl. Phillip E. Frank, who will be remembered as an outgoing, | 23 |
| happy-spirited, energetic young man who was loved by all and | 24 |
| offer our deepest sympathy to all who knew and loved him; and | 25 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the family of Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank as an | 28 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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