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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of George Warren Kenney of Springfield, who 
4passed away on December 16, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, George Kenney was born in Springfield to Charles 
6Marshall and Alberta Mae Hillyard Kenney on June 4, 1937; he 
7graduated from Springfield High School in 1955, where he played 
8basketball, football, and baseball and played in the State 
9Basketball Tournament; he earned his bachelor's degree from 
10Millikin University in Decatur, where he played basketball, and 
11was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; he earned 
12his Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School in Chicago; 
13and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, George Kenney was an attorney in Springfield for 
15more than 50 years, primarily with the firm Kenney & Pearson; 
16he was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the 
17Sangamon County Bar Association; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, George Kenney joined the American Business Club in 
19January of 1967, where he served as President from 1975 to 
201976, and became a life member in August of 1984; he enjoyed 
21running and competed in three marathons; he also enjoyed  
22golfing and his annual fishing trips to Bennett Springs, 
 
 
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1Missouri for the past 50 years; he was a regular patron at his 
2favorite watering hole, where he enjoyed stimulating 
3conversations and watching sports with his many friends; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, George Kenney was preceded in death by his parents 
5and his grandson, Zachary Clark; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, George Kenney is survived by his son, Brian 
7(Carolyn) Kenney; his daughters, Kara (Keith) Sias, and Jill 
8Kenney; his grandchildren, Amanda (George) Metcalf, Matthew 
9and Krista Kenney, and Holly and David Sias; his  
10great-grandchildren, Gabe, Roman, and Freya Metcalf; his 
11brother, Charles "Bud" (Janet) Kenney, M.D.; several nieces, 
12nephews, and cousins;  and many members of the Maloy and Gietl 
13families; therefore, be it
  
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
16George Warren Kenney, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
17family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
18further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
20presented to  the family of  George Kenney as an expression of 
21our deepest sympathy.