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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of United States Army Sergeant Robert M. | ||||||
| 4 | Weinger of Round Lake Beach, who gave his life to his country | ||||||
| 5 | in the Nangarhar Province of Eastern Afghanistan on March 15, | ||||||
| 6 | 2009; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, He was born in Libertyville on December 22, 1984; | ||||||
| 8 | he enlisted in the United States Army on January 12, 2006, as | ||||||
| 9 | an 11B, Infantryman; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, He enlisted with A Company, 1st Battalion,178th | ||||||
| 11 | Infantry Chicago; Sergeant Weinger completed Army Basic | ||||||
| 12 | Training and Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Georgia; he | ||||||
| 13 | volunteered for his second tour of duty and was mobilized with | ||||||
| 14 | the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry, and deployed to Afghanistan | ||||||
| 15 | on August 21, 2008; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, He was a lifelong resident of Round Lake Beach, | ||||||
| 17 | graduating from Round Lake Beach High School in 2003; he loved | ||||||
| 18 | sports, playing soccer and wrestling on the Round Lake Panthers | ||||||
| 19 | team; he was never afraid to show his silly side, keeping up | ||||||
| 20 | the morale of his friends at home as well as his comrades in | ||||||
| 21 | Iraq and Afghanistan; he was an avid White Sox and Bears fan | ||||||
| 22 | and loved to hunt with his father; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, He loved life, his friends and family, and was | ||||||
| 2 | loved in return; he was known to be everyone's friend, always | ||||||
| 3 | making people laugh with his antics; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Robert Weinger leaves the love of his life, Tanya | ||||||
| 5 | Colatorti; Robert was the loving son of Howard and Susan; the | ||||||
| 6 | dear brother of Paul; the cherished grandson of Mary and the | ||||||
| 7 | late Ira Weinger, and James and the late Patricia King; the | ||||||
| 8 | fond nephew of Murray (Kathy) and Holly Weinger, Deborah and | ||||||
| 9 | Victoria King, and Diana (Thomas) Johnston; the best friend of | ||||||
| 10 | Jack Pryde and Bill Coots; a special cousin to many; a loyal | ||||||
| 11 | friend; a proud soldier; and he also leaves his faithful dog, | ||||||
| 12 | Bear; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | his family and friends, the passing of United States Army | ||||||
| 16 | Sergeant Robert Weinger; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Robert M. | ||||||
| 18 | Weinger and his willingness to serve his country, which led to | ||||||
| 19 | him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Sergeant Robert Weinger as a symbol | ||||||
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| 1 | of our sincere sympathy.
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