Full Text of HR0450 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Olivia | 4 | | Kresach, who passed away on April 19, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Olivia Kresach was born on May 17, 1991; she was | 6 | | the daughter of Dan and Meg Kresach; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Olivia Kresach graduated from Lincoln-Way East | 8 | | High School in 2009; she was a lifelong dancer and a member of | 9 | | Willow Street Dance Company in Mokena; she was also a diver and | 10 | | an avid downhill skier in high school; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, While at the University of Illinois at Chicago, | 12 | | Olivia Kresach took up yoga and became an instructor; she was | 13 | | also studying to become a registered dietician when she was | 14 | | diagnosed with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and malignant | 15 | | type of brain tumor that ultimately took her life; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Olivia Kresach is missed by all who knew her; she | 17 | | had a contagious laugh and was always seen smiling; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, After Olivia Kresach passed away on April 19, | 19 | | 2014, her parents, Dan and Meg, dedicated their lives to | 20 | | defeating not only glioblastoma, the killer disease that took |
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| 1 | | their daughter and only child, but all kinds of brain cancer; | 2 | | and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dan and Meg have joined forces with the national | 4 | | organization Voices Against Brain Cancer, an organization | 5 | | dedicated solely to seeking cures for the toughest types of | 6 | | brain cancer; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dan, Meg, and the Voices Against Brain Cancer | 8 | | organization are working together to advance scientific | 9 | | research, increase awareness within the medical community, and | 10 | | support the patients, families, and caregivers affected by this | 11 | | devastating disease; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The members of this body commend the State of | 13 | | Louisiana for the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 38, | 14 | | which established May 9 as Louisiana Gray Day to further | 15 | | progress brain cancer awareness; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 19 | | Olivia Kresach; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That, in recognition of the work of Voices | 21 | | Against Brain Cancer and the continued need to recognize and |
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| 1 | | bring awareness to brain cancer, we designate May 9, 2016 as | 2 | | Gray Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | delivered to the family of Olivia Kresach as an expression of | 5 | | our sympathy.
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