Full Text of SR0786 96th General Assembly
SR0786 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Richard J. Kelly of Oak Park, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 15, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kelly was from the Southside of Chicago and | 6 |
| raised in the Beverly neighborhood; he was a graduate of St. | 7 |
| Ignatius High School and Notre Dame University; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the son of a salesman and a social worker, | 9 |
| and was inspired by the Reverend Andrew Greeley, assistant | 10 |
| pastor at Christ the King Parish in Beverly during the 1960s, | 11 |
| to become involved in the civil rights movement; and
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| WHEREAS, He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in | 13 |
| Marquette Park and was a community organizer on the West Side | 14 |
| of Chicago; he taught school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during | 15 |
| "Freedom Summer" in 1964, as well as registering voters and | 16 |
| protesting; and
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| WHEREAS, He later taught in the Chicago public schools and | 18 |
| drove a taxi in the suburbs; he took time off from teaching to | 19 |
| work in the administration of former Illinois Governor Dan | 20 |
| Walker as a liaison to labor unions; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an active member of the St. Giles Community | 2 |
| in Oak Park and headed a social committee there for many years; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, Richard J. Kelly was the beloved husband of | 5 |
| Margaret E. Field; the loving father of Michael S. (Lucy Fox) | 6 |
| Kelly; and the stepfather of Jason (Jennifer Chhatlani) Rosado, | 7 |
| Megan (David Skach) Rosado, Jason (Julie) Foras, and Jennifer | 8 |
| (Brendon) Pollard; the cherished grandfather of Benjamin, | 9 |
| Isaac, and Alfred Kelly; the dear brother of Thomas Kelly, Jack | 10 |
| Kelly, Suzanne Kelly, and Michael (Meg) Kelly, and the late Jim | 11 |
| Kelly; the dear brother-in-law of Kathleen (Edward Ogata) Orr, | 12 |
| William (Mary Ann) Field, Laurie Rostholder, and Toddy Kelly; | 13 |
| and the fond uncle of Tom, Dan, Aileen, Josh, Rose, Alison, and | 14 |
| Molly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Richard J. Kelly; and be | 18 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Richard Kelly as a symbol of our | 21 |
| sincere sympathy.
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