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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United | ||||||
| 4 | States Army Sergeant John M. Penich of Beach Park, who was | ||||||
| 5 | killed while serving his country in Afghanistan; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, John Penich was born January 6, 1983 and was | ||||||
| 7 | killed on October 16, 2008; he graduated from Zion-Benton | ||||||
| 8 | Township High School in 2001, graduating with honors; he | ||||||
| 9 | enjoyed the outdoors, mountain biking, riding four-wheelers, | ||||||
| 10 | hunting, paintball, and riding Harleys; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, | ||||||
| 12 | 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas, | ||||||
| 13 | known as "Viper Country"; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He was decorated as Soldier of the Year in 2007; | ||||||
| 15 | he received a Bronze Star with Valor and Single Oak Leaf | ||||||
| 16 | Cluster, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and was recommended for | ||||||
| 17 | the Silver Star; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandparents, | ||||||
| 19 | Elaine Weidner, Michael Penich Sr., and Jennie Penich; his | ||||||
| 20 | great-grandparents, Katherine Garross and Ned Hall; and his | ||||||
| 21 | great-great-grandmother, Eva Gallup; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Sergeant John Penich is survived by his mother and | ||||||
| 2 | step-father, Kathy and Mike Garross; his father and | ||||||
| 3 | step-mother, James and Diane Penich; his siblings, Jeff | ||||||
| 4 | (Nicole), Jim (Michelle), and Crystal (Pete) Barrett; his | ||||||
| 5 | grandparents, Donald and Pat Weidner and Roger and Barbara | ||||||
| 6 | Garross; his great-grandmother, Mary Hall; his nieces and | ||||||
| 7 | nephews, Autumn Long, Bryce and Eva Barrett, and Hailey and | ||||||
| 8 | Hunter Penich; the love of his life, Sarah Kelley; his dear | ||||||
| 9 | friend, Mikey Kitch; and other family members, friends, and | ||||||
| 10 | comrades; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 13 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Sergeant John M. Penich; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Penich and | ||||||
| 16 | his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making | ||||||
| 17 | the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Sergeant John M. Penich, as a symbol | ||||||
| 20 | of our sincere sympathy.
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