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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 of
Evan Joseph de Mello of Marion, who 
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passed away on October 4, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evan de Mello was born on September 18, 2003 in 
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St. Louis; his parents were Sean and Natalie (Walls) de Mello; 
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and

 

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    WHEREAS, Evan de Mello was preceded in death by his 
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grandmother, Karen Patton; his great-grandmother, Elizabeth 
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Zurba; and his great-grandparents, Hassie and Luther Walls and 
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Van and Janis Ellis; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evan de Mello is survived by his parents, Sean and 
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Natalie; his grandparents, David and Marilyn Walls and Russ and 
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Marguerite Dory; his paternal grandfather, James Patton; his 
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aunts, Heather and Caitlin Walls; his uncle, David Walls Jr.; 
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and his many other relatives; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evan de Mello will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved him as a loving, caring, and imaginative boy who 
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never complained; his bravery through all adversity in his life 
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was inspiring to all; 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 passing of Evan Joseph de Mello; 
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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 Evan Joseph de Mello as an 
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expression of our sympathy.