Full Text of SR0559 93rd General Assembly
SR0559 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death in Iraq of U.S. Army National | 4 |
| Guard Sergeant Landis Garrison of Rapids City on Thursday, | 5 |
| April 29, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Landis Garrison was born on January 8, 1981, in | 7 |
| Moline to Randy and Leah Garrison; he was a 1999 graduate of | 8 |
| Riverdale High School; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, While in school, Landis was involved in Cub Scouts | 10 |
| Den 4 Pack 304 in Port Byron; he was an East Moline Police | 11 |
| Explorer with Post 9594 and achieved the rank of Captain; while | 12 |
| still in high school, he joined the Port Byron Fire Department; | 13 |
| he was a volunteer with the Department of Children and Family | 14 |
| Services as a mentor;
he was involved in the family businesses | 15 |
| of Quality Repair Inc., Quality Snow Removal, and Quality | 16 |
| Trucking Inc., all in Colona; he was employed part time at | 17 |
| Grisham's Towing Service in Hampton; and he was a part time | 18 |
| police officer for the Hampton Police Department; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Garrison attended several Fire College | 20 |
| classes while with the Port Byron Fire Department and was | 21 |
| completing police training with the Hampton Police Department | 22 |
| before departure to Iraq; he was deployed on February 9, 2003, | 23 |
| and left for Iraq in April; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Garrison graduated boot camp and AIT at | 25 |
| Fort Leonard Wood on March 31, 2000, Company A 795th MP | 26 |
| Battalion; he was assigned most recently with the Army National | 27 |
| Guard Unit, 333rd Military Police Company of Freeport; while | 28 |
| with the 333rd, he helped with the Quad City Flood of 2001 and | 29 |
| served airport security duty after September 11, 2001, at | 30 |
| Chicago O'Hare and Peoria airports for several months; he | 31 |
| completed training with the 333rd in Germany and Nicaragua; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Garrison loved life and a good challenge, | 2 |
| family, friends, and flashing lights, the more the better;
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| was an avid WLLR country music fan, enjoyed line dancing, and | 4 |
| was a John Deere toy collector, both big and small; he loved | 5 |
| working at the shop, driving semis, running heavy equipment, | 6 |
| and especially plowing snow; he was proud to serve his country, | 7 |
| fellow officers, and help people of all walks of life; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Sergeant Landis Garrison has been | 9 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Randy and Leah | 10 |
| Garrison; his brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and April | 11 |
| Musser; his sister and brother-in-law, Amber and Bradley | 12 |
| Peterson; his grandparents, Landis and Elizabeth Garrison, | 13 |
| Lela Roselieb, and Sally Musser; his uncles and aunts, Mike and | 14 |
| Cindy Garrison, Jeff and Pam Miller, Rick and Pat Edie, Darrell | 15 |
| and Marilyn Roselieb, Jerry Roselieb, and David and Georgia | 16 |
| Cooper; his many cousins; his two very special nephews, Hayden | 17 |
| Musser and Brady Peterson; his secondary family, John, Trena, | 18 |
| Tony, Jessica, and Adam DeCap; and his many other special | 19 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 |
| U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant Landis Garrison, and we | 23 |
| extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who | 24 |
| knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Landis | 26 |
| Garrison and his willingness to serve our country which led to | 27 |
| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 28 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to the family of Sergeant Landis Garrison as an | 30 |
| expression of our sincere condolences.
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