Bill Text: IL SR0924 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mark Evans of Elk Grove Village.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0924 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0924-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Mark Evans of Elk Grove Village, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on September 15, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mark Evans was a lifelong resident of Elk Grove | ||||||
6 | Village; he graduated from Elk Grove High School and then | ||||||
7 | enlisted in the United States Air Force National Guard in 1979; | ||||||
8 | he served in Africa, Central America, Japan, Area 51 in the | ||||||
9 | Mojave Desert, and the Demilitarized Zone that separates North | ||||||
10 | and South Korea; he remained an active service member for 26 | ||||||
11 | years; after his retirement, he still felt a strong connection | ||||||
12 | to his brothers and sisters-in-arms and wanted to show | ||||||
13 | apprecation for their service; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Mark Evans co-founded the nonprofit organization, | ||||||
15 | Pizzas4Patriots, with his family in 2008; its mission is to | ||||||
16 | comfort active service members, first responders, and veterans | ||||||
17 | by providing one of the most popular American Foods while | ||||||
18 | they're far away from home, whether it be fighting on the front | ||||||
19 | lines, providing humanitarian relief, or recovering in a | ||||||
20 | veteran's facility; the continued goal of the organization is | ||||||
21 | to deliver a slice of pizza to active service members on the | ||||||
22 | days the United States celebrates the freedom they continue to | ||||||
23 | fight for: Memorial Day, The Fourth of July, Veteran's Day, and |
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1 | Superbowl Sunday; the organization has shipped over 160,000 | ||||||
2 | pizzas and fed over 650,000 soldiers around the world; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Mark Evans, who is known as Sergeant Pizza by his | ||||||
4 | fellow servicemen and women, has received several humanitarian | ||||||
5 | awards and commendations for his charitable acts; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Mark Evans was preceded in death by his father, | ||||||
7 | Robert Evans; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Mark Evans is survived by his mother, Clara Evans; | ||||||
9 | his wife, Gail; his children, Melissa Hammond, Samantha Evans, | ||||||
10 | and Kent Evans; his grandchildren, Nicholas and Benjamin | ||||||
11 | Hammond; his siblings, Robert (Kim) Evans, Susan (Craig) Duan, | ||||||
12 | Tom Evans, Jim (Nancy) Evans, Christopher (Kim) Evans, and | ||||||
13 | Edith Woloszyk; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
16 | Mark Evans, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
17 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Mark Evans as an expression of our | ||||||
20 | deepest sympathy.
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