Full Text of SR1235 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Rachel G. Smylie of Oak Park, who passed | 4 | | away on April 7, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rachel Smylie was born on January 7, 1993 in Oak | 6 | | Park; she attended Whittier and Holmes Elementary Schools, | 7 | | Brooks Middle School, and graduated from Oak Park and River | 8 | | Forest High School in 2011; she was a junior at the University | 9 | | of Michigan at the time of her passing; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, As a junior in high school, Rachel Smylie became | 11 | | interested in Africa through The Road Less Traveled, a | 12 | | Chicago-based organization that provides young people with | 13 | | opportunities for travel and work on meaningful projects in the | 14 | | United States and abroad while exposing them to new | 15 | | environments and different cultures; the following summer, she | 16 | | traveled with the program to Tanzania, where she worked with | 17 | | children who were victims of HIV/AIDS; as a student at the | 18 | | University of Michigan, she continued to learn about HIV/AIDS | 19 | | through course work and by volunteering at a local clinic; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rachel Smylie later returned to Africa to study at | 21 | | the University of Cape Town in South Africa and planned to | 22 | | volunteer at an HIV/AIDS clinic there; she was traveling in |
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| 1 | | Namibia with several other students when she passed away; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Rachel sang in the Oak Park-River Forest | 3 | | Children's Chorus throughout high school, performing in | 4 | | Carnegie Hall and going on several international tours, | 5 | | including to Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Morocco; she also | 6 | | traveled on several mission trips with the Fair Oaks | 7 | | Presbyterian Church youth group and played volleyball and | 8 | | lacrosse at Oak Park and River Forest High School; at the | 9 | | University of Michigan, where she was majoring in anthropology | 10 | | and English, she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority and a | 11 | | volunteer at the Washtenaw County HIV/AIDS clinic; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rachel Smylie was preceded in death by her | 13 | | grandparents, Melba and Connolly C. Gamble; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Rachel Smylie is survived by her parents, Sallie | 15 | | and Mark Smylie; 2 sisters, Anna Smylie and Lauren Smylie Gage | 16 | | (Patrick); 4 aunts, Cathy Smylie McGehee (Read), Beth Smylie | 17 | | Puckett (Ben), Melanie G. Walker (Robert C.), and Rev. Susan | 18 | | Rainey Dankel; an uncle, Frank Raysor; 9 cousins, Eliza | 19 | | McGehee, Jane McGehee, Bonnie Puckett (Michael Levine), Andy | 20 | | Puckett (Emily), Rebecca Puckett McWilliams, Matt McWilliams, | 21 | | Sarah Puckett, Sara Walker, and Robert Walker; and | 22 | | grandparents, Elizabeth and James Smylie; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 3 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Rachel G. Smylie; and | 4 | | be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Rachel Smylie as an expression of | 7 | | our sympathy.
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