Illinois SR 160: MEMORIAL-MILENA A. MCCONCHIE

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SR0160LRB104 12573 LAW 23100 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Milena A. McConchie of Hawthorn Woods, 

4who passed away on February 21, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie was born on June 24, 1973; she 

6was raised in Varna, Bulgaria, and she lived through the 

7collapse of Communism in 1990 when she was 16 years old; she 

8subsequently attended America University in Bulgaria, where 

9she excelled; and

10 WHEREAS, During her collegiate tenure, Milena McConchie 

11went on a summer program on free market economics offered by 

12The Fund for American Studies in Prague, Czech Republic; while 

13there, she met her future husband, Dan McConchie, and they 

14were engaged six months later; shortly thereafter, she was 

15diagnosed with cancer linked to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear 

16disaster; despite this, she and Dan remained committed to 

17their relationship and were married during the middle of her 

18cancer treatment; and

19 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie and Dan both became accomplished 

20professionals and had two wonderful daughters; as her husband 

21pursued his dreams and became an state senator for Illinois, 

22she encouraged his career aspirations by always sending him to 

SR0160- 2 -LRB104 12573 LAW 23100 r

1work with containers of homemade food for his lunches, 

2expressing that it was her form of participating; and

3 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie, even while undergoing immense 

4suffering due to the cancer, radiation, and chemotherapy 

5treatments, rarely showed how much they pained her; and

6 WHEREAS, Milena McConchie will be remembered as a lover of 

7freedom, a devoted follower of her faith, and a woman of 

8considerable strengt