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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 Tyrone 
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Kenner of Chicago, who passed away on April 27, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Kenner had been a Chicago police officer and 
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community organizer when he successfully ran for alderman in 
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1971; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His efforts to rejuvenate the 3rd ward, a tough 
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patch of the South Side that included the Robert Taylor 
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public-housing high-rises, included renovations for the 47th 
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Street "L" platform and various anti-crime measures; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Kenner grew up in south suburban Robbins and 
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graduated from Eisenhower High School in Blue Island; he served 
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in the United States Air Force and worked as a Chicago police 
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officer and a boxing promoter before getting into community 
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work; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Before his election as alderman, he was deputy 
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director of the Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity; in 
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recent years he was an assistant engineer at Cook County Jail; 
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and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner is  survived by two sons, Howard and 
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Rev. Brian Kenner; his daughters, Renee Kenner-Clay, Kim Wash, 
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Tonja Simmons, and Sonja; and 26 grandchildren; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Tyrone 
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Kenner; 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 Tyrone Kenner as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.