Full Text of SR0281 098th 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 Kevin William Sanders, native of Palos | 4 | | Hills and former Plainfield resident, who passed away on April | 5 | | 17, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders was born outside Chicago on October | 7 | | 13, 1979, to Duane and Sandra Sanders; he grew up in Palos | 8 | | Hills and graduated from Marist High School in 1997; he | 9 | | graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 10 | | in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in animal science and from | 11 | | Parkland College in 2003 with a veterinary technician | 12 | | certification; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders held several registered veterinary | 14 | | technician positions in Champaign; Plainfield; Fort Wayne, | 15 | | Indiana; Waco, Texas; and Hewitt, Texas; he taught at Fox | 16 | | College in Tinley Park and McLennan Community College in Waco, | 17 | | Texas; he worked with the Plainfield Emergency Management | 18 | | Agency for 5 years before moving to Texas and beginning work | 19 | | with the Bruceville-Eddy Volunteer Fire Department; he had | 20 | | recently passed the emergency medical technician skills test; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders was among the first responders |
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| 1 | | killed in an explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant after | 2 | | they answered the call to battle a fire; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders loved caring for animals, working on | 4 | | cars, listening to music and attending concerts, watching the | 5 | | Chicago Bears and Fighting Illini, playing paintball, and | 6 | | spending time with his family; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders was preceded in death by his father; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders is survived by his wife, Sarah | 10 | | Sanders; his son, Reeve Sanders; his mother, Sandra Sanders; | 11 | | his maternal grandmother, Eleanore Frey; his sister, Jeanette | 12 | | (Tim) White; his brother, Scott (Allison Muscolino) Sanders; | 13 | | and many friends and extended family; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Kevin Sanders, honor the sacrifice he made while rendering aid | 17 | | to others, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Kevin Sanders as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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