Full Text of SR0057 94th General Assembly
SR0057 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Marine Lance Corporal Hector Ramos of Aurora died | 3 |
| in a helicopter crash during a desert sandstorm near the town | 4 |
| of Ar Rutbah, Iraq, on January 26, 2005; he was assigned to 1st | 5 |
| Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine | 6 |
| Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; and
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| WHEREAS, Hector was born December 9, 1984 in Aurora; | 8 |
| although the notion had been in his head for years, he first | 9 |
| decided to join the Marines on September 11, 2001 after the | 10 |
| terrorist attacks; he joined the summer after he graduated in | 11 |
| 2003 from East Aurora High School; and
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| WHEREAS, In high school he was always a leader; he was a | 13 |
| talented artist, president of the DECA marketing club, starred | 14 |
| in a number of school plays and always wanted to help other | 15 |
| students; he was a proud Marine and returned to his school to | 16 |
| tell students of his experiences in the Marines; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a smiling, friendly, | 18 |
| outgoing, creative, talented, involved, fun-loving, and proud | 19 |
| young man; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfather, | 21 |
| Manuel Becker, and his uncle, Hector Becker; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his mother, Nancy Ramos; his | 23 |
| father, Aurelio Ramos; his brothers, Noah and Isiah Ramos; his | 24 |
| uncles, Joel (Nina) Becker and Manuel (Gloria) Becker; his | 25 |
| aunt, Tawney Becker; his grandmother, Irene Becker; and his | 26 |
| fiancee, Jessica Jimenez; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 28 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his | 29 |
| family, friends, fellow members of the United States armed |
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| forces, and the citizens of this State and this great nation, | 2 |
| we mourn the passing of Marine Lance Corporal Hector Ramos and | 3 |
| we extend to his family our sincerest condolences; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy.
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