Bill Text: VA HJR1058 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Alexis Wesolowsky Press.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-23 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ1058ER) [HJR1058 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HJR1058-Introduced.html
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, and 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 Ecole 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, 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 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.
