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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Richard J. Kelly of Oak Park, who passed |
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| away on April 15, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kelly was from the Southside of Chicago and |
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| raised in the Beverly neighborhood; he was a graduate of St. |
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| Ignatius High School and Notre Dame University; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the son of a salesman and a social worker, |
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| and was inspired by the Reverend Andrew Greeley, assistant |
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| pastor at Christ the King Parish in Beverly during the 1960s, |
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| to become involved in the civil rights movement; and
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| WHEREAS, He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in |
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| Marquette Park and was a community organizer on the West Side |
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| of Chicago; he taught school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during |
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| "Freedom Summer" in 1964, as well as registering voters and |
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| protesting; and
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| WHEREAS, He later taught in the Chicago public schools and |
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| drove a taxi in the suburbs; he took time off from teaching to |
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| work in the administration of former Illinois Governor Dan |
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| Walker as a liaison to labor unions; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an active member of the St. Giles Community |
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| in Oak Park and headed a social committee there for many years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Richard J. Kelly was the beloved husband of |
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| Margaret E. Field; the loving father of Michael S. (Lucy Fox) |
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| Kelly; and the stepfather of Jason (Jennifer Chhatlani) Rosado, |
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| Megan (David Skach) Rosado, Jason (Julie) Foras, and Jennifer |
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| (Brendon) Pollard; the cherished grandfather of Benjamin, |
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| Isaac, and Alfred Kelly; the dear brother of Thomas Kelly, Jack |
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| Kelly, Suzanne Kelly, and Michael (Meg) Kelly, and the late Jim |
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| Kelly; the dear brother-in-law of Kathleen (Edward Ogata) Orr, |
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| William (Mary Ann) Field, Laurie Rostholder, and Toddy Kelly; |
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| and the fond uncle of Tom, Dan, Aileen, Josh, Rose, Alison, and |
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| Molly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Richard J. Kelly; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Richard Kelly as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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