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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of Milena A. McConchie of Hawthorn Woods, |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 who passed away on February 21, 2025; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie was born on June 24, 1973; she |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 was raised in Varna, Bulgaria, and she lived through the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 collapse of Communism in 1990 when she was 16 years old; she |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 subsequently attended America University in Bulgaria, where |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 she excelled; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 WHEREAS, During her collegiate tenure, Milena McConchie |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 went on a summer program on free market economics offered by |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 The Fund for American Studies in Prague, Czech Republic; while |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 there, she met her future husband, Dan McConchie, and they |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 were engaged six months later; shortly thereafter, she was |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 diagnosed with cancer linked to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 disaster; despite this, she and Dan remained committed to |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 their relationship and were married during the middle of her |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 cancer treatment; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie and Dan both became accomplished |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 professionals and had two wonderful daughters; as her husband |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 pursued his dreams and became an state senator for Illinois, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 22 she encouraged his career aspirations by always sending him to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 work with containers of homemade food for his lunches, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2 expressing that it was her form of participating; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie, even while undergoing immense |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 suffering due to the cancer, radiation, and chemotherapy |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 treatments, rarely showed how much they pained her; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie will be remembered as a lover of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7 freedom, a devoted follower of her faith, and a woman of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 considerable strength; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie is survived by her husband, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10 retired Illinois State Senator Dan McConchie, and her |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 daughters, Sophia and Kristina; therefore, be it |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 Milena A. McConchie and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16 further |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18 presented to the family of Milena McConchie as an expression |
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| 51 | 51 | | 19 of our deepest sympathy. |
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