Full Text of HR1044 99th 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 newly | 4 | | formed organization Brain Up, an organization dedicated solely | 5 | | to seeking cures for the toughest types of brain cancer; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dan, Meg, and the Brain Up organization are | 7 | | working together to advance scientific research, increase | 8 | | awareness within the medical community, and support the | 9 | | patients, families, and caregivers affected by this | 10 | | devastating disease; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The members of this body commend the State of | 12 | | Louisiana for the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 38, | 13 | | which established May 9 as Louisiana Gray Day to further | 14 | | progress brain cancer awareness; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 18 | | Olivia Kresach; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That, in recognition of the work of Brain Up and | 20 | | the continued need to recognize and bring awareness to brain | 21 | | cancer, we designate May 17, 2016 as Gray Day in the State of |
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| 1 | | Illinois; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | delivered to the family of Olivia Kresach as an expression of | 4 | | our sympathy.
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