Full Text of SR2183 100th 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 F.O. "Frank" Kenny of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on October 20, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was born in Peoria to John C. and Ann | 6 | | E. Sheridan Kenny on August 26, 1935; he graduated from the | 7 | | Spalding Institute and Bradley University; he served for two | 8 | | yeas with the U.S. Marines and married Laura J. Carney in Ladd | 9 | | on September 9, 1961; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was a Peoria Journal Star reporter | 11 | | from 1961 to 1967; he retired from Caterpillar in 1996 after 29 | 12 | | years in marketing, human resources, and the Caterpillar | 13 | | Training Institute; he served as interim Peoria County Circuit | 14 | | Clerk in 1998 and was a member of the Peoria County Board for | 15 | | eight years; he also served two terms as a trustee for the | 16 | | Greater Peoria Sanitary District Board; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was a block captain for the Uplands | 18 | | Homeowners Association and a Democratic Party precinct | 19 | | committeeman; he was a Red Cross blood and pheresis donor and a | 20 | | volunteer driver for the Cancer Society; he was a volunteer and | 21 | | former board chairman for the Heart of Illinois Harvest; he was | 22 | | former president of St. Brendan's Division, a St. Patrick's |
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| 1 | | Society Lifetime Member, and a board member of the Friends of | 2 | | Clonmel; he was also a volunteer at Proctor Hospital; he was a | 3 | | former chairman of the St. Mark's School Committee and a member | 4 | | of the 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus Spalding Council #427; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was preceded in death by his brothers, | 7 | | Jack, Jim, Tom, Jerry, and Jerome, and his sister, Mary Errion | 8 | | Bailey; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny is survived by his wife, Laura; his | 10 | | children, Susan (Jason) Miller, David, Rob (Linda), Joe (Kate), | 11 | | and Patrick (Laurel); eight grandchildren; his brother, | 12 | | Martin; and his sister, Nancy Norton; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | F.O. "Frank" Kenny and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Frank Kenny as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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