Full Text of HR0586 95th General Assembly
HR0586 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United | 4 |
| States Army Specialist Karen Nicole Clifton of Mt. Zion, who | 5 |
| died bravely on June 21, 2007, from combat related injuries in | 6 |
| Baghdad, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Karen Clifton was born May 10, 1985 in Decatur, | 8 |
| the daughter of Doug V. Clifton and Chris (Maurer) Hancock; she | 9 |
| attended Mt. Zion schools through her junior year and was | 10 |
| active in the Mt. Zion Police Department Explorer's Program; | 11 |
| she moved to Florida in her senior year and finished her high | 12 |
| school education and then returned to Illinois and enlisted in | 13 |
| the United States Army to begin a career with the Military | 14 |
| Police; and
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| WHEREAS, Karen Clifton was serving her country and obtained | 16 |
| the rank of Specialist in the 544th MP CO, Forward Platoon, | 17 |
| 630th MP CO, 759th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade, U.S. Army, | 18 |
| serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
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| WHEREAS, Karen Clifton was posthumously promoted to the | 20 |
| rank of Corporal and awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, | 21 |
| Combat Action Badge, and the Army Good Conduct Medal; and
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| WHEREAS, United States Army Corporal Karen Clifton is | 2 |
| survived by her father, Doug V. Clifton; her mother, Chris | 3 |
| Hancock; her sisters, Cindy Blackston and her husband Blake, | 4 |
| and Katie Maple; her step-sister, Heather Maple; her | 5 |
| step-brother, Sean Maple; her grandparents, Vernon and Carol | 6 |
| Clifton and Sheila and Richard Cairns; her grandfather, Lee | 7 |
| Maurer; her nephew, Corbin Davis; her niece, Allysa Davis; as | 8 |
| well as many aunts, uncles and cousins; she was preceded in | 9 |
| death by one niece; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with her family, friends, and the community of | 13 |
| Mount Zion, the passing of United States Army Corporal Karen N. | 14 |
| Clifton; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Corporal Karen | 16 |
| Clifton and her willingness to serve our country which led to | 17 |
| her making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Karen N. Clifton as a symbol of our | 20 |
| sympathy.
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