Full Text of SR0479 97th 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 United States Army Private First Class | 4 | | Adam Dobereiner on November 18, 2011, while serving his country | 5 | | in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan as a Combat Engineer; | 6 | | he was on a mission to free 2 villages from Taliban control | 7 | | when the vehicle he was driving was hit by an improvised | 8 | | explosive device; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was born on November 21, 1989, in Rock Island, | 10 | | to Christopher and Lee Ann (Smith) Dobereiner; he was engaged | 11 | | to Jenna Schmitt and was to be married on January 3, 2012; he | 12 | | graduated from Moline High School in 2008, where he | 13 | | participated in wrestling, football, and building trades; he | 14 | | then enrolled as a student at Black Hawk College; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Following a longline of family military service, | 16 | | he enlisted in the United States Army in 2010 and graduated | 17 | | training as a Combat Engineer; he was deployed to Afghanistan | 18 | | on July 6, 2011; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Whether it was helping distribute food at church, | 20 | | shoveling a sidewalk for someone, giving his best effort for | 21 | | his team, or choosing to give up his weekends to care for his | 22 | | great-grandfather in the last months of his life, Adam was |
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| 1 | | always known to step up; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Adam Dobereiner was preceded in death by his aunt, | 3 | | Beth Smith; his uncle, Stephen Dobereiner; his great uncles, | 4 | | Pete Hantz Jr. and Stanley Hantz; and his great-grandparents, | 5 | | Pete Hantz Sr., Troy and Lorraine Huff, Alvin and Margaret | 6 | | Dobereiner, and Ida and Herbert Smith; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Private First Class Adam | 8 | | Dobereiner is survived by his mother, Lee Ann Dobereiner; his | 9 | | father, Christopher Dobereiner; his siblings, Christopher | 10 | | Lorenze (Kelly) Dobereiner II, Helen Teresa (Marty) | 11 | | Dobereiner-Durbin, and Ann Marie Dobereiner; his nieces and | 12 | | nephews, Conner, Addison, Alayna, Marlee, and Ariana; his | 13 | | grandparents, Don and Helen Smith, Larry and Vicki Dobereiner, | 14 | | and William and Linda Blackwell; his great-grandparents, Leota | 15 | | Hantz and Ivan and Joan Overton; his aunts and uncles, Pete and | 16 | | Terri Smith, Tim and Elizabeth Krahl, Steven and Jennifer | 17 | | Thomas, Chris and MaryJo Thomas, and Mark Thomas; and his | 18 | | fiancee, Jenna Schmitt; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of | 22 | | United States Army Private First Class Adam Dobereiner; and be | 23 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of United States Army | 2 | | Private First Class Adam Dobereiner and his willingness to | 3 | | serve his country, which led to him making the ultimate | 4 | | sacrifice; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of United States Army Private First | 7 | | Class Adam Dobereiner as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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