Full Text of SR0949 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Lieutenant Randall R. Kramp of Aurora and | 4 | | a proud member of the Aurora Fire Department, who recently | 5 | | passed away; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Randall graduated from East Aurora High School in | 7 | | 1985 and from Lewis University in 1990; although he enjoyed his | 8 | | employment at the Aurora Airport in aviation maintenance, his | 9 | | proudest accomplishment was joining the Aurora Fire Department | 10 | | in 1994; he was the sixth man in three generations of his | 11 | | family to serve; he was also a paramedic and a member of the | 12 | | Scuba Rescue Team; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Boy Scouts always played an important role in his | 14 | | life, giving him his love and respect for the outdoors and | 15 | | camping; he was an Eagle Scout and had recently received a | 16 | | District Merit Award; he was active in Scouts his entire life; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Randy's childhood dream of owning cool lawnmowers | 19 | | (some dreams are smaller than others) came true when he started | 20 | | a part-time lawn mowing service; another dream of his was to | 21 | | fly and he made that come true when he earned his private | 22 | | pilot's license; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He married Ruth Stammer, on April 6, 2002; they | 2 | | made their home in Aurora but their favorite place to spend | 3 | | time together was at their 'piece of heaven' in Wisconsin; | 4 | | although life did not allow them time to build a cabin, the | 5 | | plans they made around the campfire or floating on their boat | 6 | | are happy memories for Ruth; he was an active member of St. | 7 | | Rita of Cascia Church, the Phoenix Club, and the Aurora | 8 | | Firefighters Local 99; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Ralph | 10 | | Kramp; and his nephew, Christopher Hankes; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He leaves to mourn him, yet cherish his memory, | 12 | | his loving wife and best friend, Ruth; his mother, Alice Kramp; | 13 | | his sisters, Tari (Scott) Hankes, Barb (Stan) Myers, and Linda | 14 | | (Chuck) Leese; his in-laws, Francis and Rose Marie Stammer; | 15 | | Ruth's siblings, Mary "Francie" (Ron) Smart, Janni (Mike Young) | 16 | | Stammer, Don (Debra) Stammer, Julie (Richard) Smith, Lori | 17 | | (Dennis) Hahn, and Patrick (Yasmine) Stammer; his beloved | 18 | | nieces and nephews, Kayte Hankes, Kelly Michael, and Noah | 19 | | Myers, Morgan Leese, April, Tony, and Patrick Stammer, John | 20 | | Smart, Samantha Young, and Joseph, Ellie, and David Hahn; and | 21 | | his closest friends, Chris (who he met in grade school) and | 22 | | Karen Mang, Brad and Janice Westrom, and Chris and Lisa Oros; | 23 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 | | his family, friends, and colleagues, the passing of Randall | 4 | | Kramp; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Randall Kramp as a symbol of our | 7 | | sincere sympathy.
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