SR0922 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Charles F. "Charley" Clarke Jr. of Lake Forest, who passed away on January 1, 2020; and

WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was born in Chicago to Virginie Dennehy Clarke and Charles F. Clarke Sr. on March 3, 1929; he attended the Bell School (class of 1942), Canterbury School (class of 1947), and Brown University (class of 1951), where he majored in Classics and made many friends in the DKE fraternity; he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953; he married Eleanor "Ellie" O'Connor in Palm Beach, Florida on January 3, 1959; and

WHEREAS, Once he left the service, Charles Clarke Jr. began his distinguished career in Chicago real estate; he began at Arthur Rubloff & Co. in 1956; he became Vice President in 1963; he was recruited by Sudler & Co. in 1965 and continued to work in commercial brokerage at Sudler for 39 years; his major assignments included leading the team to manage and lease the new John Hancock Center building, then the world's tallest, and the Water Tower Place; he also served on the boards of the Mid City Bank, Verado Energy, and the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association; and

WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. had a long life of philanthropic work; he served on many non-profit boards, including the Canterbury School, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Catholic Charities (as President), Onwentsia Club (as President), the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute (as President), Barat College, and Lake Forest Hospital; he worked diligently for the City of Lake Forest, where he served on the Lake Forest City Planning Commission and its Zoning Board of Appeals; he also served as Mayor of Lake Forest from 1990 to 1993 (as had his father from 1943 to 1946); and

WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was an outdoorsman and loved traveling with his wife, kids, and grandchildren; he gave his children and grandchildren a love for nature with many trips out west, skiing, camping, hunting, fishing, and horseback riding; he especially enjoyed spending time with them in Telluride, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Eleanor M. Clarke; his brothers, John Clarke and Thomas Clarke; and his sister, Patricia Clarke Flynn; and

WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. is survived by his wife, Eleanor O'Connor Clarke; his sister, Louise Clarke Hough; his children, Charles F. (Vanessa) Clarke III, Timothy S. Clarke, and Jay A. Clarke; his grandchildren, Arlo, Darby, Chase, Haley, and Ben Clarke, and Liam and Cora Bradley; and many nephews, nieces, and cousins; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Charles F. "Charley" Clarke Jr. 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 Charles F. Clarke Jr. as an expression of our deepest sympathy.