Full Text of HR1263 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was a dedicated math teacher at | 3 | | William Howard Taft High School in Chicago for 30 years; he | 4 | | also served as the school's Director of Technology; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was a loving husband to his wife | 6 | | Cathy and a doting and loving father to his daughters | 7 | | Jacqueline and Vanessa; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, On a rainy Saturday, April 30, 2016, as Jeffery | 9 | | Komada was driving his Honda CRV on Interstate 94 near Touhy | 10 | | Avenue, he struck a Ford Windstar minivan that was stalled in | 11 | | traffic on the rain-slicked highway; a Volkswagen driven by a | 12 | | 38 year-old woman who had her 4 year-old daughter in the car | 13 | | with her then hit the minivan; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After the accident, Jeffery Komada, in the finest | 15 | | traditions of a Good Samaritan, assisted the woman and her | 16 | | daughter who were in the Volkswagen by moving them into his CRV | 17 | | for safety; a semitrailer truck then struck all three vehicles; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jeffery Komada was standing outside his vehicle | 20 | | when the semitrailer truck hit the cars and died from injuries | 21 | | suffered from the impact; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mark Grishaber, the principal of Taft High School, | 2 | | called Jeffery Komada's death a tremendous loss for the school | 3 | | and his students; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Winge, president of the Taft High School | 5 | | Foundation, announced that Jeffery Komada would be inducted | 6 | | into the William Howard Taft Hall of Fame as part of the 2016 | 7 | | class of inductees and said that the induction was a | 8 | | well-deserved honor; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, It is fitting to recognize the selfless and | 10 | | generous service that Jeffery Komada gave to his students, to | 11 | | his school, and to those in need on that tragic day; therefore, | 12 | | be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | mourn the passing of Jeffery Komada and extend our most sincere | 16 | | condolences to his wife and children and to his entire family | 17 | | on their loss; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Jeffery Komada as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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