<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you so much for letting us know, Karen. My deepest sympathies to Meghan's beloved family, friends, and colleagues.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM Egan, Karen via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-4086619531150219188">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">On Sunday, we lost a friend and colleague. Meghan Harmon, Illinois’ LSTA Grants Consultant, passed away following her courageous battle fighting a terminal illness.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Her obituary is posted: <a href="https://www.plummerfuneralservices.com/obituary/Meghan-Harmon" target="_blank">
https://www.plummerfuneralservices.com/obituary/Meghan-Harmon</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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