Full Text of SR0351 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of United States Marine Corps Captain Thomas | 4 | | John Heitmann of Mendota, who passed away on September 19, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Captain Thomas Heitmann was born on November 23, | 7 | | 1983; his parents are Thomas F. and Mary Therese (Leonard) | 8 | | Heitmann; he attended Holy Cross Grade School and graduated | 9 | | from St. Bede Academy in Peru in 2002; while attending St. | 10 | | Bede, he was a top student and a well-respected athlete; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, After attending St. Bede Academy, Capt. Thomas | 12 | | Heitmann attended Valley Forge Military College in Wayne, | 13 | | Pennsylvania; he made Valley Forge Military College history by | 14 | | becoming the first first-year cadet to achieve the rank of | 15 | | Cadet Second Lieutenant (2LT); as 2LT, he supervised the | 16 | | development of our nation's service academy's Prepster Program | 17 | | and Valley Forge's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Early | 18 | | Commissioning Program; he was also inducted into the Anthony | 19 | | Wayne Legion Guard prior to leaving Valley Forge; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Thomas Heitmann was accepted to | 21 | | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, | 22 | | Florida; he was the recipient of the National Naval Reserve |
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| 1 | | Officer Training Corps Marine Option Scholarship in the fall of | 2 | | 2006, beating out every Midshipman in the nation for the award; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Thomas Heitmann was commissioned as an | 5 | | officer in the United States Marine Corps in 2008; after | 6 | | completing his training at the Naval Air Stations in Corpus | 7 | | Christi, Texas, and Pensacola, Florida, he continued to be | 8 | | recognized for his academic abilities and leadership | 9 | | qualities; in 2011, he earned his wings and was assigned to fly | 10 | | the AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter at Camp Pendleton in | 11 | | California; he was assigned to Training Squadron 303, Marine | 12 | | Aircraft Group 39 of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Air | 13 | | Station Miramar in San Diego, California at the time of his | 14 | | passing; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Thomas Heitmann was preceded in death by his | 16 | | maternal grandmother; his maternal step-grandmother; his | 17 | | paternal grandfather; and his paternal step-grandfather; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Thomas Heitmann is survived by his parents, | 19 | | Tom and Mary Therese (Leonard) Heitmann; his brother, Aaron | 20 | | Heitmann; his sisters, Rachel (Dave) Christensen, Hannah | 21 | | (Matt) Pozzi, Sarah (Abe) Henkel, and Mary Elizabeth Heitmann; | 22 | | his paternal grandmother, Eleanore Sjostrom; his maternal | 23 | | grandfather, James Leonard; his nieces, Ella and Nora Henkel; |
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| 1 | | his nephews, Terrapin and Xavier Christensen; and his many | 2 | | aunts and uncles; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 | | his family and friends, the passing of United States Marine | 6 | | Corps Captain Thomas John Heitmann; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Capt. Thomas Heitmann as an | 9 | | expression of our sympathy.
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