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Article: Suburban native succumbs to cystic fibrosis.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2004
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Byline: Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald Correspondent
A Rolling Meadows native who spent her life overcoming obstacles has fallen short of the one that would have prolonged her life: a lung transplant.
Jennifer Greenwald Roderick, 30, passed away May 30 at her home in West Linn, Ore. She suffered from cystic fibrosis and waited more than a year and a half for a donor lung.
"She led a wonderful, full life, for her few short years," said her mother, Judy Greenwald of Rolling Meadows.
Her parents, John and Judy, want to honor their daughter's fighting spirit by promoting organ donation and supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, whose ...