Full Text of SR0924 100th 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 Mark Evans of Elk Grove Village, who | 4 | | passed away on September 15, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Evans was a lifelong resident of Elk Grove | 6 | | Village; he graduated from Elk Grove High School and then | 7 | | enlisted in the United States Air Force National Guard in 1979; | 8 | | he served in Africa, Central America, Japan, Area 51 in the | 9 | | Mojave Desert, and the Demilitarized Zone that separates North | 10 | | and South Korea; he remained an active service member for 26 | 11 | | years; after his retirement, he still felt a strong connection | 12 | | to his brothers and sisters-in-arms and wanted to show | 13 | | apprecation for their service; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mark Evans co-founded the nonprofit organization, | 15 | | Pizzas4Patriots, with his family in 2008; its mission is to | 16 | | comfort active service members, first responders, and veterans | 17 | | by providing one of the most popular American Foods while | 18 | | they're far away from home, whether it be fighting on the front | 19 | | lines, providing humanitarian relief, or recovering in a | 20 | | veteran's facility; the continued goal of the organization is | 21 | | to deliver a slice of pizza to active service members on the | 22 | | days the United States celebrates the freedom they continue to | 23 | | fight for: Memorial Day, The Fourth of July, Veteran's Day, and |
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| 1 | | Superbowl Sunday; the organization has shipped over 160,000 | 2 | | pizzas and fed over 650,000 soldiers around the world; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Mark Evans, who is known as Sergeant Pizza by his | 4 | | fellow servicemen and women, has received several humanitarian | 5 | | awards and commendations for his charitable acts; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mark Evans was preceded in death by his father, | 7 | | Robert Evans; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mark Evans is survived by his mother, Clara Evans; | 9 | | his wife, Gail; his children, Melissa Hammond, Samantha Evans, | 10 | | and Kent Evans; his grandchildren, Nicholas and Benjamin | 11 | | Hammond; his siblings, Robert (Kim) Evans, Susan (Craig) Duan, | 12 | | Tom Evans, Jim (Nancy) Evans, Christopher (Kim) Evans, and | 13 | | Edith Woloszyk; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Mark Evans, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 17 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Mark Evans as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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