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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the
death of DeKalb | ||||||
| 4 | County Assistant State's Attorney Stacia Hollinshead, who | ||||||
| 5 | passed away on
March 23, 2019; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Stacia Hollinshead was born on August 20, 1988 in | ||||||
| 7 | Effingham to parents John and Ann
Webster Hollinshead and grew | ||||||
| 8 | up with three sisters and one brother in rural Dieterich; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, From an early age, Stacia Hollinshead was a | ||||||
| 10 | tenacious, passionate, and ambitious young woman,
always eager | ||||||
| 11 | to help others; upon graduation from Dieterich High School in | ||||||
| 12 | 2007, she enlisted in the United States Army and served 11 | ||||||
| 13 | years as an Intelligence Analyst; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Stacia Hollinshead graduated from Northern | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois University College of Law with a Juris Doctor;
during | ||||||
| 16 | her time at NIU, she was an editor of the College of Law's Law | ||||||
| 17 | Review and a member of
Phi Alpha Delta; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, During her time in law school, Stacia Hollinshead | ||||||
| 19 | continued to have a passion for helping others, involving | ||||||
| 20 | herself with
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) in both | ||||||
| 21 | Kane and Effingham Counties; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, As an Assistant State's Attorney in DeKalb County, | ||||||
| 2 | Stacia Hollinshead made a positive impact on
the lives of many | ||||||
| 3 | people in her community and was universally liked and | ||||||
| 4 | well-respected; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, On a personal level, Stacia Hollinshead enjoyed | ||||||
| 6 | the outdoors, visiting state parks, and attending the Rockford | ||||||
| 7 | and Chicago Symphony Orchestras; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Above all else, Stacia Hollinshead loved being a | ||||||
| 9 | mother to her five-year old daughter, Odyssia;
her daughter, | ||||||
| 10 | Stacia's parents, her siblings, and numerous relatives are | ||||||
| 11 | heartbroken and saddened at their untimely loss; therefore, be | ||||||
| 12 | it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | that we mourn the death of DeKalb County Assistant State's | ||||||
| 16 | Attorney
Stacia Hollinshead and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 17 | to her family, friends, and all who knew
and loved her; and be | ||||||
| 18 | it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to John and Ann Hollinshead,
Stacia's beloved | ||||||
| 21 | parents, and her family.
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