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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 Specialist Chad Patrick Dellit of Sarasota, Florida
5and Fulton, Illinois, with family living in nearby Clinton,
6Iowa, who passed away on September 21, 2011; and
 
7    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit was born on July 17, 1989, in
8Muskegon, Michigan; he was the son of Todd and Teresa (Curtis)
9Dellit; and
 
10    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit graduated from Riverview High
11School in Sarasota, Florida, in 2007; and
 
12    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit was employed as a night manager at
13Albertson's Grocery in Sarasota, Florida; and
 
14    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit enlisted in the United States Army
15on September 23, 2008, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; he was
16assigned to the 100th Engineer Company, 30th Engineer Battalion
17of the 20th Engineer Brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, North
18Carolina, where he trained to be a geospatial engineer; and
 
19    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit was a member of Beneva Christian
20Church in Sarasota, Florida, where he was actively involved in

 

 

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1the church's youth group; and
 
2    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit enjoyed hunting, the outdoors,
3mudding, and carpentry; he was a jack-of-all-trades who was
4mechanically inclined and was an excellent soldier who would do
5anything for his fellow comrades; and
 
6    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit was preceded in death by his
7paternal grandparents, Donald Gene and Patricia Ann Dellit; and
 
8    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit is survived by his parents, Todd
9and Teresa Dellit; his sister, Robin Marie Dellit; his maternal
10grandparents, Roy and Mary Curtis and Kathy Curtis; and two of
11his best friends, Manuel Martinez and Wade Feazell; and
 
12    WHEREAS, SPC Chad Dellit's patriotism and courage will be
13remembered fondly by his loving family, his fellow soldiers,
14and the citizens of our grateful nation; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of
18United States Army Specialist Chad Patrick Dellit; and be it
19further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the family of SPC Chad Dellit as an expression of
2our sympathy.