Full Text of SR1236 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Jack Kennedy Lahey of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on May 2, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Lahey grew up in Wrigleyville and attended | 6 | | Old St. Pat's High School; he played basketball for DePaul | 7 | | University from 1948 to 1951, and was drafted into the United | 8 | | States Army in the early 1950s; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jack Lahey joined the Harlem Globetrotters | 10 | | organization as a member of one of their traveling teams of | 11 | | in-house rivals and faced off with such greats as Goose Tatum, | 12 | | Marques Haynes, and Ermer Robinson; though his teams always | 13 | | were beaten by the Globetrotters, it enabled him to see the | 14 | | world and meet celebrities; he met Marilyn Monroe and Joe | 15 | | DiMaggio in Japan, comedian Danny Kaye in Hawaii, and | 16 | | bandleader Xavier Cugat in the Philippines; he also saw | 17 | | Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, After his basketball career ended, Jack Lahey | 19 | | returned to Chicago and worked as a physical education | 20 | | instructor for the Board of Education; he also worked as a | 21 | | vending machine distributor and a real estate investor; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jack Lahey enjoyed a good meal, a glass of Cutty | 2 | | Sark, the view from his Acapulco condo, and watching an | 3 | | exciting basketball game on TV; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jack Lahey is survived by his wife, Angeline (nee | 5 | | Villafuerte); his sister, Mary Jemilo; a brother, William; and | 6 | | a step-daughter, Michelle Nieves; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Jack Kennedy Lahey, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Jack Lahey as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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