Bill Text: IL HR1323 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jacob Manning Schmitz.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR1323 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1323-Introduced.html
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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 Jacob | ||||||
4 | Manning Schmitz, who passed away on June 13, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jacob Schmitz was born on December 17, 1998; his | ||||||
6 | parents were Leo Schmitz and Ellyn Weiss Schmitz; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Jacob Schmitz was a junior at Brother Rice High | ||||||
8 | School; he was a proud Edmund Rice Scholar and earned superior | ||||||
9 | honors with a GPA of over 4.7 and an ACT score of 32 on his | ||||||
10 | first attempt; during his sophomore year, he participated in | ||||||
11 | the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation's "Get Behind the Vest | ||||||
12 | Drive" at Brother Rice, where students raised money to buy | ||||||
13 | bullet-resistant vests for Chicago police officers; he planned | ||||||
14 | to study engineering and medicine at a top university after | ||||||
15 | graduation; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Jacob Schmitz served as student council secretary | ||||||
17 | for the 2015-2016 school year and was the only junior elected | ||||||
18 | to the executive board; in April of 2016, he was proud to be | ||||||
19 | elected student council president for 2016-2017; he was a | ||||||
20 | member of the National Honor Society and volunteered as a | ||||||
21 | counselor at Blessed Edmund Rice Camp; he was also selected for | ||||||
22 | and attended several leadership conferences throughout the |
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1 | United States; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Jacob Schmitz loved snow skiing, jet-skiing, and | ||||||
3 | watersports and earned his boating license at the age of 12; he | ||||||
4 | also loved the beaches in Michigan, traveling, and attending | ||||||
5 | Greenwoods Camp in Michigan each summer; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Jacob Schmitz was preceded in death by his | ||||||
7 | grandmother, Patricia; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Jacob Schmitz was the beloved son of Leo Schmitz | ||||||
9 | and Ellyn Weiss Schmitz; the best friend and grandson of Leo | ||||||
10 | "Gerard" Schmitz; the cherished grandson of Ben (Maureen) Weiss | ||||||
11 | and Suzanne (Dr. John) Weiss; and the adored nephew and cousin | ||||||
12 | of many; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
15 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
16 | Jacob Manning Schmitz; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Jacob Schmitz as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our sympathy.
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