Bill Text: IL SR0010 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Leslie H. Kenyon of East Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0010 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0010-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Leslie H. Kenyon of East Peoria, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 14, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born October 13, 1922, in Peoria to Camilla | ||||||
| 6 | Myers and Fred Kenyon; he married Theo Jean Ahrends on October | ||||||
| 7 | 23, 1954, in Peoria; he was a graduate of Peoria High School | ||||||
| 8 | and the University of Michigan, where he earned his degree in | ||||||
| 9 | architecture; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, During World War II he served in the United States | ||||||
| 11 | Army, first in a camouflage unit, and following engineering | ||||||
| 12 | training at State College, Pennsylvania, he was stationed in | ||||||
| 13 | Hawaii; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, As past president of the Central Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | Landmarks Foundation, he worked to save Peoria's heritage, | ||||||
| 16 | starting with the restoration of the Grand Army of the Republic | ||||||
| 17 | Hall on Hamilton Boulevard; as president of Peoria City | ||||||
| 18 | Beautiful in the 1960s, he led the petition drives to create | ||||||
| 19 | the plaza for the new Peoria County Courthouse, instead of a | ||||||
| 20 | parking lot, and also brought national speakers to talk on | ||||||
| 21 | preservation; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, As an architect, he restored the Peoria City Hall, | ||||||
| 2 | but also designed buildings, including Peoria Players Theatre | ||||||
| 3 | and the Constance Hall addition at Bradley University; in | ||||||
| 4 | Eureka, he restored the original Eureka College Chapel attended | ||||||
| 5 | by students in the 19th century; in addition to historic | ||||||
| 6 | preservation, his firm also has designed schools in the region, | ||||||
| 7 | churches, commercial businesses, and other structures; the | ||||||
| 8 | firm will continue under the Kenyon name; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Leslie Kenyon is survived by his wife, Theo; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 13 | his family and friends, the passing of Leslie Kenyon; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Leslie Kenyon as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 17 | sincere sympathy.
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