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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
Illinois State Police officer Brian |
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| McMillen of Springfield, who was killed in the line of duty on |
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| October 28, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen was born March 15, 1983 in Decatur; |
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| he was the son of Terry and Jane Beyers McMillen; he married |
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| Angela Pearce on July 22, 2006 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church |
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| in Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen was a 2001 graduate of Pana High |
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| School; he received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice |
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| from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2005, where |
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| he graduated at the head of his class; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen was a state police officer with the |
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| Illinois State Police, where he served with poise and |
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| distinction from February 2007 until his tragic death; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen was a member of St. Aloysius |
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| Catholic Church, the Fraternal Order of Police, Trooper Lodge |
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| 41, Knights of Columbus Council 896 in Pana, and the Security |
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| Forces Defenders Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen served with the Air National Guard, |
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| where he achieved the rank of technical sergeant; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen enjoyed playing the guitar and |
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| basketball, among many other hobbies; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen is survived by his wife, Angela; |
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| his parents, Terry and Jane; his siblings, Andrew (Kelly), Adam |
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| (Jeanine), Jeremy (Nicole), Julianne (Christopher) Green, and |
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| Kelly, Jennifer, Eric, Jared, Wade, and Nicholas McMillen; his |
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| nephew, Payton; and his niece, Dorthy; and
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| WHEREAS, Brian McMillen will be remembered by all who knew |
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| and loved him as an exemplary police officer and as a family |
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| man whose love for his wife and family was boundless; |
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| 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 Brian McMillen; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Brian McMillen as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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