Bill Text: IL SR2290 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Keith Ovid Tate of Chicago.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR2290 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2290-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 Keith Ovid Tate of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on December 17, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Keith Tate was born in Chicago to Elwin L. Tate | ||||||
| 6 | and Ola M. Dixon on April 14, 1949; he moved with his family to | ||||||
| 7 | the Chatham Neighborhood in 1955; he graduated from St. Dorothy | ||||||
| 8 | School and Hales Franciscan High School; he earned a Bachelor | ||||||
| 9 | of Science in Business and Administration with a concentration | ||||||
| 10 | in accounting from Chicago State University; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Keith Tate spent his career working for multiple | ||||||
| 12 | hospitals and healthcare groups; he worked at the University of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois Medical Center for over 25 years before his | ||||||
| 14 | retirement; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Keith Tate was actively involved in the betterment | ||||||
| 16 | of his community; he served as President of the Chatham-Avalon | ||||||
| 17 | Community Council for many years; he also served as President | ||||||
| 18 | of the Hales Franciscan Alumni Association and embodied the | ||||||
| 19 | school motto, "Unto Perfect Manhood"; he was committed to his | ||||||
| 20 | wife, his children, his family, and his friends; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Keith Tate was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
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| 1 | and his wife of 40 years, Shirley A. Brown-Tate; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Keith Tate is survived by his sons, Marcus Tate | ||||||
| 3 | and Rawling (Gelene) Brown; his brother, Randall (Deborah) | ||||||
| 4 | Tate; his sister, Valiere (Robert) Tate-Harris; his | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Justin Brown and Grace Brown; his nieces, Verna | ||||||
| 6 | (Marie) Turner, Kristen Tate, and Brooke Gastile; his nephews, | ||||||
| 7 | Brandon (Laurice) Jones and William Samuels III; his | ||||||
| 8 | great-niece, Betty (Kevin Richards) McCants; and his many other | ||||||
| 9 | family members and friends; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Keith Ovid Tate and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; 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 Keith Tate as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | deepest sympathy.
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