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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was a dedicated math teacher at | ||||||
3 | William Howard Taft High School in Chicago for 30 years; he | ||||||
4 | also served as the school's Director of Technology; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was a loving husband to his wife | ||||||
6 | Cathy and a doting and loving father to his daughters | ||||||
7 | Jacqueline and Vanessa; and
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8 | WHEREAS, On a rainy Saturday, April 30, 2016, as Jeffery | ||||||
9 | Komada was driving his Honda CRV on Interstate 94 near Touhy | ||||||
10 | Avenue, he struck a Ford Windstar minivan that was stalled in | ||||||
11 | traffic on the rain-slicked highway; a Volkswagen driven by a | ||||||
12 | 38 year-old woman who had her 4 year-old daughter in the car | ||||||
13 | with her then hit the minivan; and
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14 | WHEREAS, After the accident, Jeffery Komada, in the finest | ||||||
15 | traditions of a Good Samaritan, assisted the woman and her | ||||||
16 | daughter who were in the Volkswagen by moving them into his CRV | ||||||
17 | for safety; a semitrailer truck then struck all three vehicles; | ||||||
18 | and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was standing outside his vehicle | ||||||
20 | when the semitrailer truck hit the cars and died from injuries | ||||||
21 | suffered from the impact; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Mark Grishaber, the principal of Taft High School, | ||||||
2 | called Jeffery Komada's death a tremendous loss for the school | ||||||
3 | and his students; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Richard Winge, president of the Taft High School | ||||||
5 | Foundation, announced that Jeffery Komada would be inducted | ||||||
6 | into the William Howard Taft Hall of Fame as part of the 2016 | ||||||
7 | class of inductees and said that the induction was a | ||||||
8 | well-deserved honor; and
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9 | WHEREAS, It is fitting to recognize the selfless and | ||||||
10 | generous service that Jeffery Komada gave to his students, to | ||||||
11 | his school, and to those in need on that tragic day; therefore, | ||||||
12 | 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 we | ||||||
15 | mourn the passing of Jeffery Komada and extend our most sincere | ||||||
16 | condolences to his wife and children and to his entire family | ||||||
17 | on their loss; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Jeffery Komada as an expression of | ||||||
20 | our deepest sympathy.
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