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SR0160 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Milena A. McConchie of Hawthorn Woods, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on February 21, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Milena McConchie was born on June 24, 1973; she | ||||||
| 6 | was raised in Varna, Bulgaria, and she lived through the | ||||||
| 7 | collapse of Communism in 1990 when she was 16 years old; she | ||||||
| 8 | subsequently attended America University in Bulgaria, where | ||||||
| 9 | she excelled; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, During her collegiate tenure, Milena McConchie | ||||||
| 11 | went on a summer program on free market economics offered by | ||||||
| 12 | The Fund for American Studies in Prague, Czech Republic; while | ||||||
| 13 | there, she met her future husband, Dan McConchie, and they | ||||||
| 14 | were engaged six months later; shortly thereafter, she was | ||||||
| 15 | diagnosed with cancer linked to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear | ||||||
| 16 | disaster; despite this, she and Dan remained committed to | ||||||
| 17 | their relationship and were married during the middle of her | ||||||
| 18 | cancer treatment; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Milena McConchie and Dan both became accomplished | ||||||
| 20 | professionals and had two wonderful daughters; as her husband | ||||||
| 21 | pursued his dreams and became an state senator for Illinois, | ||||||
| 22 | she encouraged his career aspirations by always sending him to | ||||||
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| 1 | work with containers of homemade food for his lunches, | ||||||
| 2 | expressing that it was her form of participating; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Milena McConchie, even while undergoing immense | ||||||
| 4 | suffering due to the cancer, radiation, and chemotherapy | ||||||
| 5 | treatments, rarely showed how much they pained her; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Milena McConchie will be remembered as a lover of | ||||||
| 7 | freedom, a devoted follower of her faith, and a woman of | ||||||
| 8 | considerable strength; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Milena McConchie is survived by her husband, | ||||||
| 10 | retired Illinois State Senator Dan McConchie, and her | ||||||
| 11 | daughters, Sophia and Kristina; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Milena A. McConchie and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Milena McConchie as an expression | ||||||
| 19 | of our deepest sympathy. | ||||||