Full Text of HR1361 94th General Assembly
HR1361 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death in Iraq of | 4 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Gary T. Rovinski of Roseville | 5 |
| on Monday, June 5, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Petty Officer Rovinski was a member of the U.S. | 7 |
| Navy Seabees; he served as an equipment operator assigned to | 8 |
| Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 based at Fort McCoy, | 9 |
| Wisconsin; he had been in Iraq since March; and
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| WHEREAS, This was his second time serving in the military; | 11 |
| he was in the U.S. Army during the first Gulf War as an eye | 12 |
| specialist; he spent eight years in the U.S. Army and served as | 13 |
| the non-commissioned officer in charge of the optometry section | 14 |
| at Fort Lewis, Washington; he was an expert with the pistol and | 15 |
| rifle and earned many medals from both the U.S. Army and Navy; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, He was from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, and earned | 18 |
| a bachelor's degree from the College of Misericordia, where he | 19 |
| majored in studio art and specialized in art therapy; he earned | 20 |
| a master's degree at Miami University in Ohio; and
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| WHEREAS, Gary is remembered by his friends and family as a | 22 |
| man who loved the Lord, his family, his country, and his fellow | 23 |
| man; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gary T. Rovinski has been deeply | 25 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Jenifer Rovinski, and his | 26 |
| two children; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 29 |
| we mourn the passing of Petty Officer 1st Class Gary T. |
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| Rovinski, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, | 2 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further | 3 |
| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Petty Officer | 4 |
| Rovinski and his willingness to serve his country, which led to | 5 |
| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 8 |
| condolences.
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