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2019 SESSION

19107224D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1058
Offered February 18, 2019
Celebrating the life of Alexis Wesolowsky Press.
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Patrons-- Keam, Bulova, Delaney, Filler-Corn, Herring, Hope, Kory, Krizek, Levine, Lopez, Murphy, Plum, Sickles, Simon, Sullivan, Tran and Watts; Senators: Boysko, Ebbin, Favola, Howell, Marsden, Petersen, Saslaw and Surovell
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WHEREAS, Alexis Wesolowsky Press, a vibrant member of the Vienna community, died on October 25, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Alexis Press was raised in Rutledge, Pennsylvania, graduated from Swarthmore High School and received a bachelor’s degree in French from Georgetown University; she earned a master’s degree in business administration from both the University of Texas at Austin and the École Superieure de Commerce de Lyon in France; and

WHEREAS, Alexis Press went on to work in marketing in various firms, most recently in the senior care space; pursuing a passion to teach, she received a certificate in education from Old Dominion University, where she studied to become a teacher of French and of English for Speakers of Other Languages; and

WHEREAS, Alexis Press was a loving and involved mother; she was a fixture in the communities that surrounded her family; she was a selfless and generous volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America, the Vienna Girls’ Softball League, her children’s PTAs, Wesley United Methodist Church, and the Francophone community in Washington, among many other groups; and

WHEREAS, Alexis Press will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her mother, Anne; her husband, Dan; her children, Benjamin and Elizabeth; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Alexis Wesolowsky Press, a vibrant member of the Vienna community; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Alexis Wesolowsky Press as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.