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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Charles F. "Charley" Clarke Jr. of Lake
4Forest, who passed away on January 1, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was born in Chicago to Virginie
6Dennehy Clarke and Charles F. Clarke Sr. on March 3, 1929; he
7attended the Bell School (class of 1942), Canterbury School
8(class of 1947), and Brown University (class of 1951), where he
9majored in Classics and made many friends in the DKE
10fraternity; he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army during
11the Korean War from 1951 to 1953; he married Eleanor "Ellie"
12O'Connor in Palm Beach, Florida on January 3, 1959; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Once he left the service, Charles Clarke Jr. began
14his distinguished career in Chicago real estate; he began at
15Arthur Rubloff & Co. in 1956; he became Vice President in 1963;
16he was recruited by Sudler & Co. in 1965 and continued to work
17in commercial brokerage at Sudler for 39 years; his major
18assignments included leading the team to manage and lease the
19new John Hancock Center building, then the world's tallest, and
20the Water Tower Place; he also served on the boards of the Mid
21City Bank, Verado Energy, and the Greater North Michigan Avenue
22Association; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. had a long life of
2philanthropic work; he served on many non-profit boards,
3including the Canterbury School, The Rehabilitation Institute
4of Chicago, Catholic Charities (as President), Onwentsia Club
5(as President), the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute (as
6President), Barat College, and Lake Forest Hospital; he worked
7diligently for the City of Lake Forest, where he served on the
8Lake Forest City Planning Commission and its Zoning Board of
9Appeals; he also served as Mayor of Lake Forest from 1990 to
101993 (as had his father from 1943 to 1946); and
 
11    WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was an outdoorsman and loved
12traveling with his wife, kids, and grandchildren; he gave his
13children and grandchildren a love for nature with many trips
14out west, skiing, camping, hunting, fishing, and horseback
15riding; he especially enjoyed spending time with them in
16Telluride, Colorado; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was preceded in death by his
18parents; his daughter, Eleanor M. Clarke; his brothers, John
19Clarke and Thomas Clarke; and his sister, Patricia Clarke
20Flynn; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. is survived by his wife,
22Eleanor O'Connor Clarke; his sister, Louise Clarke Hough; his
23children, Charles F. (Vanessa) Clarke III, Timothy S. Clarke,

 

 

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1and Jay A. Clarke; his grandchildren, Arlo, Darby, Chase,
2Haley, and Ben Clarke, and Liam and Cora Bradley; and many
3nephews, nieces, and cousins; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
6Charles F. "Charley" Clarke Jr. and extend our sincere
7condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
8him; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the family of Charles F. Clarke Jr. as an
11expression of our deepest sympathy.