Sign Honors Life of Bolingbrook Boy
Parents of Adam Miller hope roadside memorial will serve as reminder that drivers must stay alert.
Charlene Laino and Kathy Bajek were among the friends and family attending a sign unveiling Friday on Plainfield-Naperville Road. The sign that was unveiled memorializes the life of Adam Miller, who would have turned 8 last week. Laino and Bajek said they came to know Adam’s mother as she grieved for her son. Cheryl Miller, of Bolingbrook, began attending a group for grieving parents at St. Raphael Catholic Church. It was there that she began sharing her desire to have a roadside memorial sign in Adam’s honor. Miller learned that since her son’s death wasn’t related to a drunken driving accident that a memorial sign could not be placed on the roadside. She was told she could talk to her representatives in Springfield, and she did. Miller …
Jackie Traynere
8:35 am on Monday, July 18, 2011
I met Cheryl last year while going do to door in our community, what a heartbreaking story, and she is such a fighter. Great victory for citizens and victims everywhere. Thank you Cheryl for your hard work, and of course to the legislators, thank you Senator Linda Homes. more ›