Full Text of SR0056 95th General Assembly
SR0056 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death in Iraq of United States Air Force Senior | 4 |
| Airman Daniel B. Miller Jr., of Galesburg, who died on January | 5 |
| 7, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel B. Miller Jr. was born July 14, 1982, in | 7 |
| Grand Prairie, Texas, the son of Daniel B. Sr. and Robin | 8 |
| Beavers Miller; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated in 2001 from ROWVA High School in | 10 |
| Oneida, where he was a member of the varsity football team; | 11 |
| after attending Carl Sandburg College, he enlisted in the | 12 |
| United States Air Force, where he was a part of the Explosive | 13 |
| Ordnance Division of the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer | 14 |
| Squadron; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Miller Jr. was a member of the Altona | 16 |
| United Methodist Church and very involved in the church youth | 17 |
| group; he attended Bethel Baptist Church in Galesburg; and he | 18 |
| enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and canoeing; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfather, | 20 |
| Robert E. Miller, and his grandmother, Velda Mahnesmith; and
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| WHEREAS, Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Robin and | 2 |
| Daniel Mahnesmith; his father and stepmother, Daniel Sr. and | 3 |
| Shari Miller; his girlfriend, Dana Sopher; his grandparents, | 4 |
| James and Dorothy Beavers, and F. Eleanor Miller, Dona | 5 |
| Danforth, and Leonard Mahnesmith; his brothers, Tim Miller, and | 6 |
| Anthony Mahnesmith; his stepbrother, Derek Peck; his sisters, | 7 |
| April Miller, Lisa Miller, and Lydia Mahnesmith; and his | 8 |
| stepsisters, Lori Mahnesmith, Danielle (and Richard) Carr, and | 9 |
| Jamie Weinberg; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the death of Senior Airman Daniel B. | 13 |
| Miller, Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Daniel Miller Jr. and | 15 |
| his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making | 16 |
| the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 17 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Daniel Miller Jr. as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sympathy and respect.
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