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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death while |
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| serving in Iraq of Sergeant Steven Paul Mennemeyer of Granite |
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| City on Tuesday, August 8, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on December 9, 1979, in Frankfurt, |
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| Germany; and
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| WHEREAS, Sgt. Mennemeyer was serving his second tour in |
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| Iraq as a Flight Medic with the 82nd Medical Company out of |
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| Fort Riley, Kansas; and
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| WHEREAS, After he graduated from Granite City High School |
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| in 1998, he joined the U.S. Army Reserves and was trained to be |
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| a medic; he entered into active duty in 2002 and during his |
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| first tour in Iraq, he was a ground medic; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his entry into active duty, Steven worked |
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| as a paramedic for Abbott Ambulance in Belleville; he was a |
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| member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church of Granite City; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Sgt. Mennemeyer has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially
his mother, Ramona L. Phillips; his |
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| father and step-mother, Steve and Maria Mennemeyer; his son, |
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| Andrew Mennemeyer; his sister, Sarah Mennemeyer; his |
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| step-brother, Drake Wallingsford; his maternal grandmother, |
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| Myrtle Phillips; his paternal grandparents, Jerry and Marilyn |
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| Mennemeyer; his special friend, SSG Ginny Akins of the 82nd |
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| Medical Company serving in Iraq; and his many extended family |
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| members and dear friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we mourn the passing of Sergeant Steven Paul Mennemeyer, and we |