IL SR0442

Illinois Senate resolution mourning the death of Lynn Ann Galuska Elsen, who passed away on May 21, 2025 at age 68

Worked as a high-risk OB nurse at Prentice Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for 40 years, beginning in 1980

Co-founded Together In the Loss of a Child (TLC), a grief support program for mothers who lost children, which she led for over 20 years at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Received the Nora Cooney Mara Compassionate Care Award in 2020 for extraordinary care

Served as founding member and trustee of the West Suburban Special Recreation Association and was active in St. Catherine-St. Lucy's Church choir in Oak Park