Full Text of SR1284 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 Kenneth Van Dyne "Ken" Fiske of | 4 | | Woodstock, who passed away on December 20, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ken Fiske was born in Chicago to Kenneth M. and | 6 | | Eunice (Van Dyne) Fiske on April 18, 1925; he graduated from | 7 | | the United States Merchant Marine Academy and served with the | 8 | | U.S. Navy during World War II, achieving the rank of Lieutenant | 9 | | Junior Grade; he graduated from the University of | 10 | | Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in agricultural engineering, | 11 | | where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; he | 12 | | married Darlene Sharp in 1954; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ken Fiske worked in Chicago as a television | 14 | | producer at NBC, creating the show "Out on the Farm"; he then | 15 | | worked with the National Safety Council and the Velsicol | 16 | | Chemical Company; he was a founder of the Northeast Illinois | 17 | | Natural Resource Center based at the Morton Arboretum; in 1971, | 18 | | he became the first Executive Director of the newly-formed | 19 | | McHenry County Conservation District; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Ken Fiske was named to the Illinois Outdoor Hall | 21 | | of Fame in 2004 and received the U.S. Merchant Marine Alumni | 22 | | Association's Outstanding Professional Achievement Award in |
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| 1 | | 2006; he was a member of the Wisconsin Agricultural Alumni | 2 | | Association; he and his wife, Darlene, were named the Nature | 3 | | Conservancy's Volunteers of the Year in 1987 and the National | 4 | | Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Refuge Volunteers of the Year in | 5 | | 2004; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ken Fiske was preceded in death by his parents and | 7 | | his wife, Darlene; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ken Fiske is survived by his daughters, Diana | 9 | | (David) Wilson, Jennifer Fiske, and Nancy (Ron) Readel; his | 10 | | grandchildren, Matthew (Kate) Wilson and Timothy (Nina Beck) | 11 | | Wilson; his great-grandchildren, Elliot and Nora Wilson; and | 12 | | his sister, Virginia Boorom; 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 | | Kenneth Van Dyne "Ken" Fiske, and extend our sincere | 16 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 17 | | him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Ken Fiske as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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