Full Text of HR0872 093rd General Assembly
HR0872 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with great sadness of the death in | 4 |
| Iraq of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Torrey Stoffel-Gray of | 5 |
| Patoka on Sunday, April 11, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Stoffel-Gray was born on December | 7 |
| 17, 1984, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Jerry and Mary Henson | 8 |
| Stoffel; he lived his life in Patoka and Salem; he attended | 9 |
| Patoka High School and after graduation, he attended the | 10 |
| Lincoln Challenge Military Academy in Rantoul; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Stoffel-Gray enlisted in the | 12 |
| United States Marine Corps in 2002 and had his initial training | 13 |
| at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California; he | 14 |
| was serving in Fallujah, Iraq, as a rifleman with the Second | 15 |
| Platoon, Third Company, Fourth Marine Regiment, Lima Company; | 16 |
| he was awarded a Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit | 17 |
| Citation, National Defense Service Medal, Sea Service | 18 |
| Deployment Ribbon, and a Purple Heart; he was a member of the | 19 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2055 of Centralia, American | 20 |
| Legion Post 463 of Centralia, and American Legion Post 543 in | 21 |
| Patoka; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Corporal Torrey Stoffel-Gray | 23 |
| has been deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Jerry and | 24 |
| Mary Stoffel; his brothers, Brandon Stoffel-Gray, Russell | 25 |
| Stoffel, and Blake Stoffel; his fiancee, Kari Atchison; his | 26 |
| grandparents, Martha Stoffel and Robert and Linda Gray; his | 27 |
| great-grandmother, Marion Patterson; and his uncles and aunts, | 28 |
| Jeff and Elizabeth Stoffel, Rebecca and Duane Veal, Shiela and | 29 |
| Rick Plemons, Betty Haley, Sarah and Bruce Duncan, and Judy and | 30 |
| Dwayne Greene; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 |
| mourn the passing of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Torrey | 3 |
| Stoffel-Gray, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, | 4 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further | 5 |
| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Lance Corporal Torrey | 6 |
| Stoffel-Gray and his willingness to serve our country, which | 7 |
| led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Lance Corporal Torrey Stoffel-Gray | 10 |
| as an expression of our sincerest condolences during their time | 11 |
| of bereavement.
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