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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to learn of the death of Kristen M.
 4    Gough of Naperville on July 25, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Ms. Gough grew up  in  Naperville  and  attended
 6    Prairie  Elementary School and Washington Junior High School;
 7    she was a 2000 graduate of Naperville North High School where
 8    she was an honor roll student, worked in a special  education
 9    program  helping  disabled  students, and was a member of the
10    International Thespian Society; and

11        WHEREAS, Ms. Gough was  accepted  into  the  Gerald  Ford
12    Program  at  Albion  College  in  Albion, Michigan, and later
13    transferred  to  DePaul  University  in  Chicago,  where  she
14    received the Dean's Award for  Scholastic  Excellence;  as  a
15    senior,  she  was  majoring  in  foreign  languages  with  an
16    emphasis  on  Japanese and Asian art history; through DePaul,
17    she studied abroad for eight months at a university in Osaka,
18    Japan; and

19        WHEREAS, Ms. Gough was  also  an  active  member  of  St.
20    Margaret  Mary  Church  in  Naperville  and was employed as a
21    waitress part time with Colonial  Restaurant  in  Naperville;
22    her  interests included art, watercolor painting, and foreign
23    languages;  she  loved  children  and  enjoyed  animals;  she
24    aspired to teach children and was excited to  be  starting  a
25    new job in August teaching kids Japanese; and

26        WHEREAS,  Kristen  Gough's passing will be deeply felt by
27    many, especially her parents,  Michael  R.  and  Kathleen  S.
28    (Gorecki)  Gough;  her  sister, Kasey Gough; her brother, Dan
29    Gough; her maternal grandmother, Angie Gorecki; her aunts and
30    uncles, James Gough, Mary Ellen (husband Jim)  Mischel,  Greg
31    Gorecki , Jim Gorecki, and Cheryl Gorecki; her three cousins,
32    Jennifer,  Steven, and Michelle Gorecki; and her fiance, Paul
 
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 1    A. Simms; and

 2        WHEREAS, She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  paternal
 3    grandparents,   John   and   Dorothea   Gough;  her  maternal
 4    grandfather, Bruno Gorecki; and  an  uncle,  Robert  Gorecki;
 5    therefore, be it

 6        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
 7    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the  passing
 8    of Kristen M. Gough along with all who knew and loved her and
 9    extend our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and
10    be it further

11        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
12    presented to the family of Kristen M. Gough as an  expression
13    of our deepest sympathy.