Full Text of SR0867 101st 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 David Stephen Bash, formerly of Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on November 26, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Bash was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Dr. | 6 | | Stephen and Patti Bash on February 16, 1973; he graduated from | 7 | | Richwoods High School in 1992 and from Webster University in | 8 | | Vienna, Austria in 1997, where he studied international | 9 | | marketing; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, David Bash was the Senior Director of Oportun in | 11 | | San Francisco, California; he previously was the Director of | 12 | | Personalization at Walmart Labs and the former CEO of Wine | 13 | | Quest; he also co-invented several patents regarding consumer | 14 | | finances; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, David Bash never turned down the opportunity for | 16 | | an adventure; he traveled the world, jumped out of airplanes, | 17 | | walked over hot coals, built schools for the impoverished in | 18 | | South Africa, rode his bike from San Francisco to LA for | 19 | | charity twice, sailed around parts of the world, camped out | 20 | | regularly under the stars, night scuba dived, and climbed | 21 | | mountains, including reaching the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Bash truly loved life and embraced each | 2 | | moment; he had an authentic compassion for others and his | 3 | | kindness, laugh, and positive attitude drew everyone to him; he | 4 | | had a wild and beautiful spirit and was full of love for his | 5 | | family and friends; he thought deeply and lived largely; he had | 6 | | an unparalleled optimism about life and people; he had a way of | 7 | | skipping over people's flaws and seeing only the beauty in | 8 | | them; he looked people straight in the eye, listened actively, | 9 | | spoke honestly, and hugged sincerely; he brought joy and | 10 | | meaning to those that knew him; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, David Bash is survived by his husband, Derrek | 12 | | Peel-Bash; his parents; his sisters, Deb Bash and Dr. Suzie | 13 | | Bash (Dr. Peter-Brian Andersson); his brother, Jeff (Erica) | 14 | | Bash; and his nieces and nephews, Kyler and David Bash, | 15 | | Atticus, Hayden, and Sky Andersson, and Madeline, Gabriella, | 16 | | Charlotte, and Jackson Bash; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | David Stephen Bash and extend our sincere condolences to his | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of David Bash as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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