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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | National Guard Specialist Ashley Sietsema of DeKalb, who passed | ||||||
| 5 | away on November 12, 2007 in Kuwait; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema was born on September 14, | ||||||
| 7 | 1987 in Chicago; she was the daughter of Olivia Segura; she | ||||||
| 8 | married Max W. Sietsema on April 27, 2007 in River Grove; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema graduated from East Leyden | ||||||
| 10 | High School in Franklin Park in 2005; she attended Northern | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois University for one semester, where she was pursuing a | ||||||
| 12 | nursing degree; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema enlisted in the Illinois Army | ||||||
| 14 | National Guard in December of 2004; after training at Fort | ||||||
| 15 | Jackson in South Carolina and Fort Sam Houston in Texas, she | ||||||
| 16 | was assigned to the 708th Medical Company in North Riverside, | ||||||
| 17 | where she served as a health care specialist and ambulance | ||||||
| 18 | driver; on September 3, 2007, she was sent to Kuwait in support | ||||||
| 19 | of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she served until her passing; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema enjoyed teaching Bible | ||||||
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| 1 | classes and helping with community service projects in any way | ||||||
| 2 | she could; she was described as an individual who wanted to | ||||||
| 3 | help people and who looked for the positives in others; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema was well known for her | ||||||
| 5 | generosity to those in need and her compassion and dedication | ||||||
| 6 | to her family and her fellow soldiers and who lost her life | ||||||
| 7 | trying to save another soldier; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Spc. Ashley Sietsema is survived by her husband, | ||||||
| 9 | Max; her mother, Olivia (Alberto) Segura; her grandmother, | ||||||
| 10 | Florina Rebolledo; her brother, Kyle Segura; and her aunts, | ||||||
| 11 | Florina Alvarez and Nadia Alvarez; and
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 14 | mourn the passing of National Guard Specialist Ashley Sietsema; | ||||||
| 15 | and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Specialist Ashley | ||||||
| 17 | Sietsema and her willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice in | ||||||
| 18 | service of her country; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Ashley Sietsema as an expression of | ||||||
| 21 | our sympathy.
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