Full Text of SR0738 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 Sergeant Dean Russell | 4 | | Shaffer, who passed away on April 19, 2012, in Helmand | 5 | | Province, Afghanistan; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th | 7 | | Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade; he was born | 8 | | March 21, 1989, in Fort Myers, Florida, to Dean Randolph and | 9 | | Susan Marie (Rasbeck) Shaffer; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was a 2007 graduate of Pekin Community High | 11 | | School, where he participated in the JROTC program and | 12 | | graduated with the rank of cadet sergeant major; he was a | 13 | | member of the JROTC Honor Guard, Color Guard, Drill Team, | 14 | | Physical Fitness Team, Academic Team, and Orienteering Team; he | 15 | | was the recipient of the first PCHS JROTC Career and Technical | 16 | | Education Award; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, During his high school years, he worked at Steak | 18 | | 'n Shake in Pekin for several years; he enjoyed playing video | 19 | | games and paintballing; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Shaffer has been posthumously awarded | 21 | | the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and the Combat Aviation Badge; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfather, John | 3 | | Rasbeck; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Sergeant Dean Russell Shaffer | 5 | | is survived by his mother, Susan Shaffer; his father and | 6 | | stepmother, Dean "Randy" and Jolyn Shaffer; his sister, | 7 | | Jennifer Davis; his niece, Emily Davis; his nephew, Mason | 8 | | Davis; and his grandparents, Mary Rasbeck, Denton Shaffer, and | 9 | | Sherry and Mark Taylor; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of United States Army | 13 | | Sergeant Dean Russell Shaffer; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of United States Army | 15 | | Sergeant Dean Russell Shaffer and his willingness to serve his | 16 | | country, which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be | 17 | | it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of United States Army Sergeant Dean | 20 | | Russell Shaffer as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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