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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United
4States Army Private First Class Adam Dobereiner of Moline, who
5was killed in the line of duty on November 18, 2011, in the
6Kandahar province of Afghanistan; and
 
7    WHEREAS, PFC Adam Dobereiner was born on November 21, 1989,
8in Rock Island; his parents were Christopher and Lee Ann Smith
9Dobereiner; and
 
10    WHEREAS, PFC Adam Dobereiner graduated from Moline High
11School in 2008; while at Moline High School, he participated in
12wrestling, football and building trades; he subsequently
13enrolled as a student at Black Hawk College; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Following a long line of family military service,
15PFC Adam Dobereiner enlisted in the United States Army in 2010
16and graduated training as a combat engineer; he was deployed to
17Afghanistan on July 6, 2011; he chose to enlist as a combat
18engineer because he wanted to build things and enjoyed building
19things for other people on the weekends as a young man; and
 
20    WHEREAS, PFC Adam Dobereiner was preceded in death by his
21aunt, Beth Smith; his uncle, Stephen Dobereiner; his

 

 

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1great-uncles, Pete Hantz Jr. and Stanley Hantz; and his
2great-grandparents, Pete Hantz Sr., Troy and Lorraine Huff,
3Alven and Margaret Dobereiner, and Ida and Herbert Smith; and
 
4    WHEREAS, PFC Adam Dobereiner is survived by his mother, Lee
5Ann Dobereiner; his father, Christopher Dobereiner; his
6siblings, Christopher Lorenz (Kelly) Dobereiner II, Helen
7Teresa (Marty) Dobereiner-Durbin, and Ann Marie Dobereiner;
8his nieces and nephews, Conner, Addison, Alayna, Marlee, and
9Ariana; his grandparents, Don and Helen Smith, Larry and Vicki
10Dobereiner, and William and Linda Blackwell; his
11great-grandparents, Leota Hantz and Ivan and Joan Overton; and
12his uncles and aunts, Pete and Terri Smith, Tim and Elizabeth
13Krahl, Steven and Jennifer Thomas, Chris and MaryJo Thomas, and
14Mark Thomas; and
 
15    WHEREAS, PFC Adam Dobereiner's patriotism and courage will
16be remembered fondly by his loving family, his fellow soldiers,
17and the citizens of our grateful nation; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of
21United States Army Private First Class Adam Dobereiner; and be
22it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of PFC Adam Dobereiner as an expression
3of our sympathy.