Full Text of SR0830 95th General Assembly
SR0830 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Michael Carper | 4 |
| of Sugar Grove, who passed away on August 7, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper was born on August 25, 1987 | 6 |
| in Winfield; his parents were Michael and Bridget Carper; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper grew up in Batavia, where | 8 |
| he continually pursed his many varied interests over the years; | 9 |
| during grade school, he was active in the Cub Scouts and | 10 |
| Tri-Cities football and soccer; during middle school, he earned | 11 |
| money mowing yards and shoveling snow and was active in his | 12 |
| church youth group; he picked up a tennis racket for the first | 13 |
| time during his freshman year in high school, becoming a member | 14 |
| of the tennis team for all four years of high school; he then | 15 |
| attended the University of Illinois and was a member of the Pi | 16 |
| Lambda Phi fraternity; he was a good student and perpetually on | 17 |
| the honor roll during his time in school; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper was employed at In The Swim | 19 |
| in West Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper joined the Illinois | 21 |
| National Guard (Army Infantry) and served for three years, |
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| attaining the rank of Specialist; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper was preceded in death by | 3 |
| his grandfather, William Carper; his uncle, Donald Tucker; and | 4 |
| his uncle, Stephen Carper; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper is survived by his parents; | 6 |
| his sister, Jessica; his grandmother and step-grandfather, | 7 |
| Dale and Florence Lint; his grandparents, Donald and June | 8 |
| Tucker; and his many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan Carper will be remembered by all | 10 |
| who knew and loved him as a loving and caring young man with a | 11 |
| great sense of humor and whose sense of pride and duty in | 12 |
| serving his country was unmatched; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of U.S. Army Specialist | 16 |
| Ryan Michael Carper; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Specialist Ryan Carper as an | 19 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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