Full Text of HR0905 93rd General Assembly
HR0905 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were saddened to learn of the tragic death of | 4 |
| Army Cpl. Forest Joseph Jostes of Albion on April 4, 2004 in | 5 |
| Baghdad, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Forest Joseph Jostes was born on April 30, 1982, | 7 |
| in Warrensburg, Missouri, the son of Von and Diane Ibbotson; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, He joined the Army on his 17th birthday and became | 10 |
| a member of the 25th Army Combat Engineers out of | 11 |
| Lawrenceville; he later joined active duty with the 1st 82nd | 12 |
| Field Artillery as part of the 1st Calvary out of Ft. Hood, | 13 |
| Texas; he had been in Iraq for about three weeks; he was a | 14 |
| decorated soldier and received four Army Achievement Awards; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, He volunteered on April 4, 2004 for a quick | 17 |
| response team to rescue 20 soldiers who had been pinned down by | 18 |
| insurgents; he was a gunner in the rescue humvee, going down | 19 |
| narrow streets to reach the trapped soldiers, that was fired | 20 |
| upon by the insurgents; it was that attack that claimed his | 21 |
| life; his parents were notified of his death by Casualty | 22 |
| Assistance Officer, Jeremiah Aeschleman, who helped the family | 23 |
| through this tragedy with his kind support; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Cpl. Jostes was a fine Christian man and was a | 25 |
| member of Albion First Baptist Church; he carried the 91st | 26 |
| Psalm with him wherever he went; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Army Cpl. Forest Joseph Jostes will | 28 |
| be deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Von and Diane | 29 |
| Ibbotson; his sister, Michelle Lee Teeter and her husband, | 30 |
| Brian; his brothers, Benjamin L. Jostes and Evan R. Ibbotson; |
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| his grandparents, John and Laura Ibbotson, Glen and Darlene | 2 |
| Kellison, and Norman and Shirley Costley; his nieces and | 3 |
| nephews; and his several aunts, uncles, and cousins; therefore, | 4 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 |
| that together with his family, friends, educators, community, | 8 |
| and fellow members of the United States Armed Forces, we mourn | 9 |
| the death of Army Cpl. Forest Joseph Jostes, who will be | 10 |
| remembered as a patriotic, brave and courageous man, and offer | 11 |
| our deepest sympathy to all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Army Cpl. Forest Joseph Jostes as an | 15 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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