Full Text of SR0967 95th General Assembly
SR0967 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Naperville Police Officer Donald "D.J." | 4 |
| Andries, a fifteen-year resident of Oswego, who passed away on | 5 |
| December 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born March 10, 1961 in Chicago; he was a | 7 |
| graduate of Deerfield High School and he served in the United | 8 |
| States Navy for nine years, serving on the USS New Orleans; and
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| WHEREAS, He served with the Naperville Police Department | 10 |
| for sixteen years; he worked as a field training officer, Honor | 11 |
| Guard member, and beat officer in the patrol division; and
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| WHEREAS, He was also a member of the police department's | 13 |
| Elderly Services Team and the elementary school reading program | 14 |
| at Scott School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was called the "Gentle Giant" because of his | 16 |
| height of 6 foot, 5 inches and his gentle and relaxed demeanor | 17 |
| that put people at ease; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald "D.J." Andries is survived by his loving | 19 |
| wife of 24 years, Mary (nee McNellis); his devoted sons, Second | 20 |
| Lieutenant Timothy Joseph Andries and Brian Donald Andries; his |
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| parents, Donald and Dorothy (Delacoma) Andries, Sr.; his | 2 |
| brothers, Daniel Albert (Ann), David Delacoma (Paula), and | 3 |
| Darrill James Andries; his brothers and sisters-in-law, John, | 4 |
| Patrick, Thomas, Eileen McNellis, Clare Mitchell, and Laura | 5 |
| Zuzuly; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family, friends, and community, the passing of Officer | 9 |
| Donald "D.J." Andries; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Officer Donald "D.J." Andries as a | 12 |
| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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