Full Text of SR0466 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Arthur Earl Keegan Jr., formerly of | 4 | | LaGrange and Chicago, who passed away at the age of 87; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. served in the United States Navy | 6 | | during the Korean War; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was a school teacher at Jones | 8 | | Commercial High School in Chicago
for 30 years, where he taught | 9 | | accountancy, data processing, business law, business math, and
| 10 | | chaired the department for many years; he also coordinated the | 11 | | Office Occupations
program and was proud of having written the | 12 | | Chicago Teachers Union contract article
that governed | 13 | | occupation programs like Office Occupations, Distributive | 14 | | Education, and Industrial
Cooperative Education; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was an active member of the | 16 | | Retired Teachers Association of
Chicago, where he was elected | 17 | | director shortly after joining; in 2008, he
was elected | 18 | | treasurer, and in 2014, he was elected second vice-president; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was a world traveler | 21 | | extraordinaire, having visited no less than 68
countries; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Keegan Jr. was the former husband of | 2 | | Shirley Keegan-Kollenberg; the devoted father of Arthur | 3 | | (Patricia), Kevin (Tamara), Kelly (Denise), Patrick Keegan | 4 | | (Bob Strada), and the late Brian Keegan; the cherished | 5 | | grandfather of Connor, Kourtney, Christopher, Nicole, Cole, | 6 | | Megan, Jack, and Thomas Keegan; and the dear uncle and friend | 7 | | of many; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Arthur Earl Keegan Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to | 11 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Arthur Keegan Jr. as an expression | 15 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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