SR0056 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death in Iraq of United States Air Force Senior Airman Daniel B. Miller Jr., of Galesburg, who died on January 7, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Daniel B. Miller Jr. was born July 14, 1982, in Grand Prairie, Texas, the son of Daniel B. Sr. and Robin Beavers Miller; and

WHEREAS, He graduated in 2001 from ROWVA High School in Oneida, where he was a member of the varsity football team; after attending Carl Sandburg College, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he was a part of the Explosive Ordnance Division of the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron; and

WHEREAS, Daniel Miller Jr. was a member of the Altona United Methodist Church and very involved in the church youth group; he attended Bethel Baptist Church in Galesburg; and he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and canoeing; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Robert E. Miller, and his grandmother, Velda Mahnesmith; and

WHEREAS, Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Robin and Daniel Mahnesmith; his father and stepmother, Daniel Sr. and Shari Miller; his girlfriend, Dana Sopher; his grandparents, James and Dorothy Beavers, and F. Eleanor Miller, Dona Danforth, and Leonard Mahnesmith; his brothers, Tim Miller, and Anthony Mahnesmith; his stepbrother, Derek Peck; his sisters, April Miller, Lisa Miller, and Lydia Mahnesmith; and his stepsisters, Lori Mahnesmith, Danielle (and Richard) Carr, and Jamie Weinberg; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the death of Senior Airman Daniel B. Miller, Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Daniel Miller Jr. and his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Daniel Miller Jr. as a symbol of our sympathy and respect.