Full Text of HR0848 95th General Assembly
HR0848 95TH 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
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| National Guard Specialist Ashley Sietsema of DeKalb, who passed | 5 |
| away on November 12, 2007 in Kuwait; and
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| WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema was born on September 14, | 7 |
| 1987 in Chicago; she was the daughter of Olivia Segura; she | 8 |
| married Max W. Sietsema on April 27, 2007 in River Grove; and
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| WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema graduated from East Leyden | 10 |
| High School in Franklin Park in 2005; she attended Northern | 11 |
| Illinois University for one semester, where she was pursuing a | 12 |
| nursing degree; and
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| WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema enlisted in the Illinois Army | 14 |
| National Guard in December of 2004; after training at Fort | 15 |
| Jackson in South Carolina and Fort Sam Houston in Texas, she | 16 |
| was assigned to the 708th Medical Company in North Riverside, | 17 |
| where she served as a health care specialist and ambulance | 18 |
| driver; on September 3, 2007, she was sent to Kuwait in support | 19 |
| of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she served until her passing; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema enjoyed teaching Bible |
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| classes and helping with community service projects in any way | 2 |
| she could; she was described as an individual who wanted to | 3 |
| help people and who looked for the positives in others; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema was well known for her | 5 |
| generosity to those in need and her compassion and dedication | 6 |
| to her family and her fellow soldiers and who lost her life | 7 |
| trying to save another soldier; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema is survived by her husband, | 9 |
| Max; her mother, Olivia (Alberto) Segura; her grandmother, | 10 |
| Florina Rebolledo; her brother, Kyle Segura; and her aunts, | 11 |
| Florina Alvarez and Nadia Alvarez; and
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| mourn the passing of National Guard Specialist Ashley Sietsema; | 15 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Specialist Ashley | 17 |
| Sietsema and her willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice in | 18 |
| service of her country; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Ashley Sietsema as an expression of | 21 |
| our sympathy.
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