Full Text of HR1108 96th General Assembly
HR1108 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Eleanor (Ellie) O'Connor | 4 |
| Clarke of Lake Forest for her work as a vital link between | 5 |
| Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care and Children's Memorial | 6 |
| Hospital and other organizations, including Catholic | 7 |
| Theological Union, Catholic Charities of Lake County, | 8 |
| Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie joined the Horizon Hospice Board of | 10 |
| Directors in 1982 at the invitation of Horizon's founder, Ada | 11 |
| Addington, following the 2-year struggle and loss of her young | 12 |
| daughter, Eleanor, at the age of 9 to brain cancer; Ellie was | 13 |
| interested in supporting other families who were coping with | 14 |
| loss, both through the dying process and in the aftermath; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie has been a steadfast advocate for improved | 16 |
| care for children with life-limiting illnesses and their | 17 |
| families since the mid-1990s, when she was president of the | 18 |
| Woman's Board at Children's Memorial; she envisioned Horizon | 19 |
| Hospice and Children's Memorial Hospital working together to | 20 |
| deliver high-quality hospice and palliative care to dying | 21 |
| children and their families; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie was instrumental in the creation of All |
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| About Kids, a Horizon Hospice program that works in | 2 |
| collaboration with Children's Memorial Hospital to provide | 3 |
| pediatric palliative care to all children with life-limiting | 4 |
| illnesses and their families in metropolitan Chicago, | 5 |
| regardless of the ability to pay; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie and her husband, Charley, were extremely | 7 |
| grateful for the care that their daughter Eleanor received at | 8 |
| the hospital and were determined to show their gratitude by | 9 |
| giving back; because Ellie knew the value of having someone to | 10 |
| talk to while coping with the illness of a child, she became a | 11 |
| volunteer ombudsman for parents of children diagnosed with | 12 |
| brain tumors; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie assisted in initiating "Heartlight", a | 14 |
| grief support group for bereaved parents and their surviving | 15 |
| children; the group has become a model for family grief support | 16 |
| groups everywhere; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie and her family established the Eleanor | 18 |
| Clarke Research Scholar in Developmental Neurobiology in | 19 |
| memory of their daughter; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Because of the generous contributions of time and | 21 |
| funding through the years, Ellie served Horizon well as a | 22 |
| donor, a board member, and a member of the benefit, |
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| development, and finance committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Ellie and her family are establishing the Eleanor | 3 |
| Clarke Learning Library at the new Ann & Robert Lurie | 4 |
| Children's Hospital of Chicago; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Eleanor Clarke for her many accolades and thank | 8 |
| her for her time and generosity for hospice care and outreach | 9 |
| to others in need; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Eleanor Clarke, Horizon Hospice and Palliative | 12 |
| Care, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago Theological Union, | 13 |
| Catholic Charities of Lake County, and Woodlands Academy of the | 14 |
| Sacred Heart in Lake Forest as a symbol of our esteem and | 15 |
| respect for this fine woman of distinction.
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