Full Text of HR0456 96th General Assembly
HR0456 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United | 4 |
| States Army Specialist David A. Schaefer Jr. of Smithton, who | 5 |
| died while serving his country in Baghdad, Iraq on May 16, | 6 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, David A. Schaefer Jr. was born March 27, 1982, in | 8 |
| Belleville; he attended Freeburg High School in Freeburg and | 9 |
| worked as a diesel mechanic for Beelman Trucking Company in St. | 10 |
| Libory; he later worked for a trucking center in Troy; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Schaefer served with the Illinois | 12 |
| National Guard for 1 1/2 years before being called to active | 13 |
| duty in the regular Army; he was assigned to Company C, 1st | 14 |
| Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, | 15 |
| Schweinfurt, Germany; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a strong-willed, very determined young man | 17 |
| and a loving father and husband; he fought for our freedom with | 18 |
| bravery and integrity and was proud to be a United States Army | 19 |
| soldier; and
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| WHEREAS, David Schaefer was preceded in death by his | 21 |
| paternal grandparents, Alan and Ada Schaefer; his maternal |
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| great-grandparents, William and Violet Bumann; his | 2 |
| great-uncle, William Bumann Jr.; and his grandparents-in-law, | 3 |
| Aloma Y. Lawrence, Betty J. Sauer, and John Phillips; and
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| WHEREAS, United States Army Specialist David A. Schaefer | 5 |
| Jr. is survived by his wife, Shelly, nee Phillips, Schaefer; | 6 |
| his children, Jason Phillips, Logan Schaefer, and Savanna | 7 |
| Schaefer; his father, David A. Schaefer Sr.; his mother, | 8 |
| Rhonda, nee Ernst, Kemper; his sisters, Courtney Schaefer and | 9 |
| Theresa Schaefer; his brothers, Dwayne (Tiffany) Schaefer and | 10 |
| Adam Schaefer; his niece and nephew, Tiffany and Jerry Goodwin; | 11 |
| his maternal grandparents, Walter "Red" and Viola, nee Bumann, | 12 |
| Ernst; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Richard and | 13 |
| Sherry, nee Lawrence, Phillips; his brother-in-law, Jeremy C. | 14 |
| (Rachel) Phillips; his sister-in-law, Chrystal Phillips; his | 15 |
| grandfather-in-law, Robert Lawrence; and his aunts, uncles, | 16 |
| and cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| mourn, along with his family, friends, and a grateful nation, | 20 |
| the passing of United States Army Specialist David A. Schaefer | 21 |
| Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of United States Army | 23 |
| Specialist David A. Schaefer Jr. and his willingness to serve |
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| his country, which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; | 2 |
| and be it further | 3 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of United States Army Specialist David | 5 |
| A. Schaefer Jr. as a symbol of our sincere sympathy and | 6 |
| respect.
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