Andrea Urban - Benefitting Her Kids
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Many of you remember Andrea Urban from the variety of roles she played: She was a devoted mother, a sister, a daughter, and a friend to many. She was a free spirit, an actress, an advocate, and a fighter.
On May 4 Andrea’s life was taken much too soon by a tragic and violent act by the hands of another while she was in her Hinsdale home. And while we grieve and miss her, her children are forever changed. Andrea’s world revolved around her two beautiful children: her son, Sasha, a senior in high school and her daughter, Daria, a fifth grader. As a single mother, Andrea wanted nothing more than to watch her children grow and bloom. She consistently encouraged them to believe in themselves and that they could be anything they wanted to be.
Before her death, Andrea had been fighting a 13-year mental and physical battle with chronic myeloid leukemia. She used her good days to work as an actress, trying to make ends meet and spend time with her children, always assuring they had a loving home in the midst of the turmoil.
Andrea has touched all of us in different ways. Perhaps you knew her from her childhood days, from Hinsdale Middle School or Hinsdale Central; perhaps you knew her at Drake University or through her acting and theater groups, her church, or from one of the various neighborhoods she called home. Perhaps you were moved by reading her essays or hearing her at a speaking engagement where she turned her devastation into a calling, advocating for alternative methods to treat cancer pain.
Her grieving family has been blessed with an outpouring of support from the community and from friends and family near and far. But as we know, it takes a village, and we are hoping that Andrea’s village will reach out and help. Her children have been dealt a traumatic blow, and they will need our financial help moving forward.
To that end, the Andrea Urban Memorial Education Fund at the Hinsdale Bank & Trust has been created for the sole benefit of her kids. All funds will directly benefit her children and will be held in a Trust for them. As a single mother, Andrea’s first priority was always her kids, and her greatest wish was for them to have the opportunity to realize her aspirations for them and to be all that they can be.
Please consider donating what you can. Donations can be made through this GoFundMe link (all monies raised will be transferred to the Memorial Fund Trust) or can be made directly to the Fund via Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, 25 E. First St., Hinsdale, IL 60521.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 at the Covenant Church of Hinsdale, located at Fourth and Garfield in Hinsdale, IL. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation.
And please share the link with any people or groups she was connected with so we can make a difference for her children.
On May 4 Andrea’s life was taken much too soon by a tragic and violent act by the hands of another while she was in her Hinsdale home. And while we grieve and miss her, her children are forever changed. Andrea’s world revolved around her two beautiful children: her son, Sasha, a senior in high school and her daughter, Daria, a fifth grader. As a single mother, Andrea wanted nothing more than to watch her children grow and bloom. She consistently encouraged them to believe in themselves and that they could be anything they wanted to be.
Before her death, Andrea had been fighting a 13-year mental and physical battle with chronic myeloid leukemia. She used her good days to work as an actress, trying to make ends meet and spend time with her children, always assuring they had a loving home in the midst of the turmoil.
Andrea has touched all of us in different ways. Perhaps you knew her from her childhood days, from Hinsdale Middle School or Hinsdale Central; perhaps you knew her at Drake University or through her acting and theater groups, her church, or from one of the various neighborhoods she called home. Perhaps you were moved by reading her essays or hearing her at a speaking engagement where she turned her devastation into a calling, advocating for alternative methods to treat cancer pain.
Her grieving family has been blessed with an outpouring of support from the community and from friends and family near and far. But as we know, it takes a village, and we are hoping that Andrea’s village will reach out and help. Her children have been dealt a traumatic blow, and they will need our financial help moving forward.
To that end, the Andrea Urban Memorial Education Fund at the Hinsdale Bank & Trust has been created for the sole benefit of her kids. All funds will directly benefit her children and will be held in a Trust for them. As a single mother, Andrea’s first priority was always her kids, and her greatest wish was for them to have the opportunity to realize her aspirations for them and to be all that they can be.
Please consider donating what you can. Donations can be made through this GoFundMe link (all monies raised will be transferred to the Memorial Fund Trust) or can be made directly to the Fund via Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, 25 E. First St., Hinsdale, IL 60521.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 at the Covenant Church of Hinsdale, located at Fourth and Garfield in Hinsdale, IL. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation.
And please share the link with any people or groups she was connected with so we can make a difference for her children.
Organizer and beneficiary
Tom Schroder - on behalf of Ukrainian Aid Event
Organizer
Hinsdale, IL
Eugene Urban
Beneficiary