HR1189 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Private First Class Tyler Iubelt of Tamaroa, who passed away on November 12, 2016, from injuries sustained in the defense of our nation while serving at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan; and

WHEREAS, PFC Iubelt was a 2011 graduate of Tamaroa Grade School and a 2015 graduate of Pinckneyville Community High School in Perry County; and

WHEREAS, PFC Iubelt enlisted in the United States Army just after graduating high school and was deployed to Afghanistan in September of 2016 in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Calvary Division based at Ford Hood, Texas; and

WHEREAS, As news spread of PFC Iubelt's loss, he was remembered by friends in Perry County for his good sense of humor and happy personality, his love of sports, especially basketball, and his devotion to his family and community; and

WHEREAS, PFC Iubelt is survived by his wife, Shelby; his daughter, Violet; his parents, Michael Iubelt and Charlotte Loquasto; and his family and friends in Southern Illinois and Indiana; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of Private First Class Tyler Iubelt, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of PFC Iubelt as an expression of our deepest sympathy.