Full Text of HR0343 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 Kevin | 4 | | Sanders, formerly of Plainfield, who passed away on April 18, | 5 | | 2013, as a result of the West Fertilizer Plant Co. explosion in | 6 | | West, Texas; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders served with Plainfield's emergency | 8 | | management agency from 2006 to 2011; in addition to being an | 9 | | EMT for the Bruceville-Eddy Volunteer Fire Department in Texas, | 10 | | he worked as a vet tech at Hewitt Veterinary Hospital and the | 11 | | Waco Animal Emergency Clinic, while teaching part time at | 12 | | McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders was in the middle of an EMT class | 14 | | when the blast occurred; he immediately responded with the | 15 | | first emergency responder team, during which he passed away; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders graduated with honors from Marist | 18 | | High School in Chicago in 1997; he subsequently earned an | 19 | | associate's degree in science from Moraine Valley Community | 20 | | College, an associate's degree of applied science in veterinary | 21 | | technology from Parkland College, and a bachelor's degree in | 22 | | animal science from the University of Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders was an altar boy at Sacred Heart | 2 | | Church in Palos Hills; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Kevin Sanders is survived by his wife, Sarah, and | 4 | | his son, Reeve; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The love for Kevin Sanders from his family shone | 6 | | forth on April 27, 2013, when he returned from Texas for the | 7 | | last time; he was remembered and honored at funeral services on | 8 | | May 1, 2013 at the church of his youth, Sacred Heart Church; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 13 | | Kevin Sanders; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Kevin Sanders as an expression of | 16 | | our sympathy.
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