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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Mark Keane of Sedona, Arizona, Oak Park's |
4 | | first village manager, who passed away on April 12, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane was born in Chicago and graduated from |
6 | | Purdue University with a degree in public service engineering; |
7 | | he married Carolyn Mims at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; he served |
8 | | in the U.S. Army in World War II, achieving the rank of |
9 | | captain; he was deployed in both Italy and north Africa; and |
10 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane began his time as Oak Park village |
11 | | manager in 1953 when the village switched governmental formats; |
12 | | and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane played a vital role in establishing |
14 | | professional city management both in his work in his community |
15 | | and as a deputy assistant secretary in the Federal Housing and |
16 | | Urban Development Department under President Lyndon Johnson; |
17 | | he served as executive director of the International City |
18 | | Management Association for 15 years; he left Oak Park in 1962 |
19 | | to become the city manager of the rapidly growing city of |
20 | | Tucson, Arizona; and
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21 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane felt his greatest accomplishment as Oak |
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1 | | Park village manager was saving the trees of Oak Park by hiring |
2 | | a professional village forester just as Dutch Elm Disease was |
3 | | beginning to take its massive toll on Oak Park's urban forest; |
4 | | and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane last visited Oak Park in 2003 when the |
6 | | village celebrated a half-century of the village manager form |
7 | | of government; he served as the grand marshal of the 4th of |
8 | | July parade; and |
9 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane was preceded in death by his first |
10 | | wife, Carolyn, who died in 1977, and his children, Paul and |
11 | | Mark Jr.; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Mark Keane is survived by his second wife, Judith |
13 | | (nee Mohr), whom he married in 1981; his children, Dan, Dennis, |
14 | | Brian, Peter, Mary, Barry, Nancy, Mark, and Monty; his 19 |
15 | | grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
18 | | Mark Keane, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, |
19 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
21 | | presented to the Village of Oak Park and to the family of Mark |