<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So sorry to hear this. Sending thoughts to you and her family!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM 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-6425235949800640882">





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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">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15pt;color:rgb(156,136,75)">Karen Egan</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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