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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Kathryn
4 Irene Evans (LaPlante) of St. Anne, who passed away on June 23,
5 2007; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Katie Evans was born in Lake County on October 27,
7 1976; she attended school at Grass Lake Grade School in
8 Antioch, Astoria Grade School in Astoria, graduated from Emmons
9 Grade School in Antioch, and graduated from Antioch High School
10 in 1994; Katie earned a bachelors degree at St. Cloud State in
11 St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1998, and a masters in public health
12 from Florida International University in North Miami, Florida
13 in 2006; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Katie Evans spent her life in service to others;
15 serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2000-2002 in
16 Bangladesh; at the Greater Chicago Food Depository as
17 coordinator of volunteer services from 2002-2004; and in
18 Romania as Project Manager for International Orthodox
19 Christian Charities USAID funded project, "Strengthening
20 Community-Based Initiatives on HIV/AIDS and Family Violence in
21 Romania" from April 2006 until her death; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Katie met John Evans while serving in the Peace

 

 

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1 Corps and they were married on May 8, 2004; John taught in a
2 Romanian High School this past year; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Katie Evans was preceded in death by her brother,
4 Richard LaPlante; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Katie Evans is survived by her husband, John
6 Evans; her father Greg LaPlante (Beth); her mother, Judy
7 Shaffer (John); her brother, Edward (Beth); her sister,
8 Michelle Yearout (Duaine); her in-laws, Mike and Linda Evans;
9 her brother-in-law, Jeff (Sheila) Evans; her sister-in-law,
10 Jean Evans; her nieces, Kayla and Hannah Yearout, and Emma and
11 Chloe LaPlante; her nephews, Chase LaPlante, and Aidan and
12 Connor Evans; and her countless friends in the United States,
13 Bangladesh, and Romania; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16 mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
17 Kathryn Irene Evans (Katie); and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to her family as a symbol of our sympathy.