HR1263 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was a dedicated math teacher at William Howard Taft High School in Chicago for 30 years; he also served as the school's Director of Technology; and

WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was a loving husband to his wife Cathy and a doting and loving father to his daughters Jacqueline and Vanessa; and

WHEREAS, On a rainy Saturday, April 30, 2016, as Jeffery Komada was driving his Honda CRV on Interstate 94 near Touhy Avenue, he struck a Ford Windstar minivan that was stalled in traffic on the rain-slicked highway; a Volkswagen driven by a 38 year-old woman who had her 4 year-old daughter in the car with her then hit the minivan; and

WHEREAS, After the accident, Jeffery Komada, in the finest traditions of a Good Samaritan, assisted the woman and her daughter who were in the Volkswagen by moving them into his CRV for safety; a semitrailer truck then struck all three vehicles; and

WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was standing outside his vehicle when the semitrailer truck hit the cars and died from injuries suffered from the impact; and

WHEREAS, Mark Grishaber, the principal of Taft High School, called Jeffery Komada's death a tremendous loss for the school and his students; and

WHEREAS, Richard Winge, president of the Taft High School Foundation, announced that Jeffery Komada would be inducted into the William Howard Taft Hall of Fame as part of the 2016 class of inductees and said that the induction was a well-deserved honor; and

WHEREAS, It is fitting to recognize the selfless and generous service that Jeffery Komada gave to his students, to his school, and to those in need on that tragic day; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Jeffery Komada and extend our most sincere condolences to his wife and children and to his entire family on their loss; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Jeffery Komada as an expression of our deepest sympathy.