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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Keith 
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Page of Mahomet, who passed away on November 22, 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born May 14, 1930, in Ripon, Wisconsin; his 
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parents were Kenneth C. and Frieda H. Rusch Page; he married 
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Mary Ellen Ward on Nov. 24, 1955, in Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS,
Mr. Page graduated from Tolono High School; he 
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graduated from the University of Illinois in 1952 with a 
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Bachelor's degree in speech education and in 1955 with a 
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Master's degree in education; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army during the 
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Korean War from 1952 to 1954 and was stationed in Japan; he was 
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a theater and speech teacher at Edison Junior High School from 
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1955 to 1969; Mr. Page taught English, theater, and radio-TV at 
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Champaign Centennial High School from 1969 to 1991 and helped 
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design the Centennial Auditorium Theater;
and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was the host of the "Marshall Magic Show" at 
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WCIA-TV and the host of the educational science show, "What's 
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New," at WILL-TV; he was a weatherman at WICD for 41 years; as 
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a film producer, he worked on the United Way documentary 
 


 






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"Abandoned"; he received the "Bronze Telly" award in 2005 for 
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his work on the documentary about the Grand Canyon, which aired 
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on WICD; Mr. Page was a magician for most of his life; and he 
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was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in 
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Mahomet; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Keith Page is survived by his loving wife, Mary 
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Ellen; his sons, Mark Allan Page, Ward C. Page, John William 
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Page, and Robert Kenneth Page; his daughter, Mary Ellen 
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Page-Dooley; his sisters, Charlene McQueen and Rita Lyn Frye; 
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his 11 grandchildren; and his two great-grandchildren; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Keith 
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Page; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Keith Page as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.