Full Text of SR0509 93rd General Assembly
SR0509 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 Marine PFC Geoffrey S. Morris on April | 4 |
| 4, 2004, in combat with enemy forces near the towns of Fallujah | 5 |
| and Ramadi in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, PFC Morris was with the weapons company of the 2nd | 7 |
| Battalion, 4th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine | 8 |
| Expeditionary Force; and
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| WHEREAS, PFC Morris grew up in Gurnee, the big brother of | 10 |
| five other siblings; he played football at the Warren Township | 11 |
| Center and local high school for eight years; and
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| WHEREAS, He enlisted in the Marine Corps in his last year | 13 |
| of high school and began his training soon after graduation in | 14 |
| 2003; he was last stationed at Camp Pendleton before being | 15 |
| deployed to Iraq on February 15, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, PFC Morris was a man of deep conviction and | 17 |
| passion for God, his country, and the Marine Corps; his | 18 |
| commitment to the mission of bringing peace and stability to | 19 |
| the Iraqi people and the region was unwavering; even at his | 20 |
| young age, he was able to embody the spirit of the Marine | 21 |
| Corps, being faithful always to his family, his friends, and | 22 |
| his country; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, PFC Morris loved to hunt pheasants, geese and | 24 |
| ducks, and fish for salmon and trout on Lake Michigan with his | 25 |
| father and friends; he felt fulfilled when playing paintball in | 26 |
| the backyard with his buddies; he was most content teaching | 27 |
| chess, playing games and entertaining younger kids, and had | 28 |
| built some relationships with local Iraqi children; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of PFC Geoffrey S. Morris will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his father, Kirk S. and devoted | 2 |
| second mother, Vickie (Vander Werff, Bisk); his siblings, | 3 |
| Jennifer, Lauren, Taylor, Austin, and little Dylan; his | 4 |
| grandparents, Ralph W. Morris, Virginia Balmes, and Gary L., | 5 |
| and Jane Hein; his uncles, Doug and Gary Hein; his grandmother, | 6 |
| Helen Lundstrom; his uncles, Christopher Morris, Timothy | 7 |
| Morris, and Todd Woods; and his aunt, Melissa Barrett; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his mother, Leslie | 9 |
| Marie (nee Hein) Morris; therefore, be it | 10 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 |
| Marine PFC Geoffrey S. Morris along with all who knew and loved | 13 |
| him and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, | 14 |
| and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Marine PFC Geoffrey S. Morris as a | 17 |
| token of our deepest sympathy.
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