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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death in Iraq of United States Air Force Senior |
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| Airman Daniel B. Miller Jr., of Galesburg, who died on January |
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| 7, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel B. Miller Jr. was born July 14, 1982, in |
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| Grand Prairie, Texas, the son of Daniel B. Sr. and Robin |
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| Beavers Miller; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated in 2001 from ROWVA High School in |
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| Oneida, where he was a member of the varsity football team; |
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| after attending Carl Sandburg College, he enlisted in the |
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| United States Air Force, where he was a part of the Explosive |
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| Ordnance Division of the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer |
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| Squadron; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Miller Jr. was a member of the Altona |
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| United Methodist Church and very involved in the church youth |
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| group; he attended Bethel Baptist Church in Galesburg; and he |
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| enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and canoeing; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfather, |
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| Robert E. Miller, and his grandmother, Velda Mahnesmith; and
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| WHEREAS, Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Robin and |
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| Daniel Mahnesmith; his father and stepmother, Daniel Sr. and |
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| Shari Miller; his girlfriend, Dana Sopher; his grandparents, |
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| James and Dorothy Beavers, and F. Eleanor Miller, Dona |
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| Danforth, and Leonard Mahnesmith; his brothers, Tim Miller, and |
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| Anthony Mahnesmith; his stepbrother, Derek Peck; his sisters, |
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| April Miller, Lisa Miller, and Lydia Mahnesmith; and his |
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| stepsisters, Lori Mahnesmith, Danielle (and Richard) Carr, and |
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| Jamie Weinberg; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the death of Senior Airman Daniel B. |
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| Miller, Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Daniel Miller Jr. and |
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| his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making |
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| the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Daniel Miller Jr. as a symbol of our |
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| sympathy and respect.
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