Bill Text: IL SR2183 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of F.O. Kenny of Peoria.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-28 - Resolution Adopted [SR2183 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SR2183-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of F.O. "Frank" Kenny of Peoria, who passed
away on October 20, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was born in Peoria to John C. and Ann
E. Sheridan Kenny on August 26, 1935; he graduated from the
Spalding Institute and Bradley University; he served for two
yeas with the U.S. Marines and married Laura J. Carney in Ladd
on September 9, 1961; and
WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was a Peoria Journal Star reporter
from 1961 to 1967; he retired from Caterpillar in 1996 after 29
years in marketing, human resources, and the Caterpillar
Training Institute; he served as interim Peoria County Circuit
Clerk in 1998 and was a member of the Peoria County Board for
eight years; he also served two terms as a trustee for the
Greater Peoria Sanitary District Board; and
WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was a block captain for the Uplands
Homeowners Association and a Democratic Party precinct
committeeman; he was a Red Cross blood and pheresis donor and a
volunteer driver for the Cancer Society; he was a volunteer and
former board chairman for the Heart of Illinois Harvest; he was
former president of St. Brendan's Division, a St. Patrick's

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Society Lifetime Member, and a board member of the Friends of
Clonmel; he was also a volunteer at Proctor Hospital; he was a
former chairman of the St. Mark's School Committee and a member
of the 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus Spalding Council #427;
and
WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was preceded in death by his brothers,
Jack, Jim, Tom, Jerry, and Jerome, and his sister, Mary Errion
Bailey; and
WHEREAS, Frank Kenny is survived by his wife, Laura; his
children, Susan (Jason) Miller, David, Rob (Linda), Joe (Kate),
and Patrick (Laurel); eight grandchildren; his brother,
Martin; and his sister, Nancy Norton; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
F.O. "Frank" Kenny and extend our sincere condolences to his
family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Frank Kenny as an expression of our
deepest sympathy.