Full Text of HR0208 98th General Assembly
HR0208 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of USMC | 4 | | Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda of Marine, who passed away on March | 5 | | 18, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda graduated from | 7 | | Highland High School in 2005; during high school, he played | 8 | | football and was involved in the school's annual madrigal | 9 | | dinner; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After high school, Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda | 11 | | attended St. Xavier University in Chicago for a year and then | 12 | | enrolled in and graduated from the L'Ecole Culinaire School in | 13 | | St. Louis, Missouri; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Being an avid traveler, Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda | 15 | | felt a calling to explore the world by becoming a Marine in | 16 | | 2008; while at Camp Lejeune, he developed a passion for | 17 | | sailing, bought a two-person sailboat, and often took friends | 18 | | out on a bay near the base; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, While enlisted in the Marine Corps, Corporal Aaron | 20 | | J. Ripperda traveled to several countries, including Haiti to | 21 | | help with recovery efforts after the 2010 earthquake, and |
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| 1 | | Afghanistan; in April of 2011, he was promoted to the rank of | 2 | | corporal; among his numerous honors were a Navy Unit | 3 | | Commendation and a Humanitarian Service Medal; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda was one of seven | 5 | | members of the Second Marine Division whose lives was lost on | 6 | | March 18, 2013, in an explosion during training at the | 7 | | Hawthorne Army Depot in western Nevada; he was the most senior | 8 | | of those lost on that day, both in age and rank; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda is survived by his | 10 | | father, Kent (Colleen) Ripperda; his mother, Tina (Jeff) | 11 | | Sutton; his sister, Kendall (significant other, Charlie Swaim) | 12 | | Ripperda; his paternal grandmother, Rita Ripperda; his | 13 | | maternal grandfather, Ronald (Jackie) Lesicko; his special | 14 | | friend, Jessica Iskrzycki; his aunts and uncles, Kurt (Lynn) | 15 | | Ripperda, Cara (significant other, John Zerkle) Tomasek, | 16 | | William (Beverly) Lesicko, Patrick (Julie) Lesicko; and his | 17 | | many cousins; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 21 | | Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Corporal Aaron J. |
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| 1 | | Ripperda and his patriotism and willingness to serve his | 2 | | country, which led him to making the ultimate sacrifice; and be | 3 | | it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Corporal Aaron J. Ripperda as a | 6 | | symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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