Full Text of SR0922 101st 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 Charles F. "Charley" Clarke Jr. of Lake | 4 | | Forest, who passed away on January 1, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was born in Chicago to Virginie | 6 | | Dennehy Clarke and Charles F. Clarke Sr. on March 3, 1929; he | 7 | | attended the Bell School (class of 1942), Canterbury School | 8 | | (class of 1947), and Brown University (class of 1951), where he | 9 | | majored in Classics and made many friends in the DKE | 10 | | fraternity; he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army during | 11 | | the Korean War from 1951 to 1953; he married Eleanor "Ellie" | 12 | | O'Connor in Palm Beach, Florida on January 3, 1959; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Once he left the service, Charles Clarke Jr. began | 14 | | his distinguished career in Chicago real estate; he began at | 15 | | Arthur Rubloff & Co. in 1956; he became Vice President in 1963; | 16 | | he was recruited by Sudler & Co. in 1965 and continued to work | 17 | | in commercial brokerage at Sudler for 39 years; his major | 18 | | assignments included leading the team to manage and lease the | 19 | | new John Hancock Center building, then the world's tallest, and | 20 | | the Water Tower Place; he also served on the boards of the Mid | 21 | | City Bank, Verado Energy, and the Greater North Michigan Avenue | 22 | | Association; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. had a long life of | 2 | | philanthropic work; he served on many non-profit boards, | 3 | | including the Canterbury School, The Rehabilitation Institute | 4 | | of Chicago, Catholic Charities (as President), Onwentsia Club | 5 | | (as President), the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute (as | 6 | | President), Barat College, and Lake Forest Hospital; he worked | 7 | | diligently for the City of Lake Forest, where he served on the | 8 | | Lake Forest City Planning Commission and its Zoning Board of | 9 | | Appeals; he also served as Mayor of Lake Forest from 1990 to | 10 | | 1993 (as had his father from 1943 to 1946); and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was an outdoorsman and loved | 12 | | traveling with his wife, kids, and grandchildren; he gave his | 13 | | children and grandchildren a love for nature with many trips | 14 | | out west, skiing, camping, hunting, fishing, and horseback | 15 | | riding; he especially enjoyed spending time with them in | 16 | | Telluride, Colorado; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. was preceded in death by his | 18 | | parents; his daughter, Eleanor M. Clarke; his brothers, John | 19 | | Clarke and Thomas Clarke; and his sister, Patricia Clarke | 20 | | Flynn; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Charles Clarke Jr. is survived by his wife, | 22 | | Eleanor O'Connor Clarke; his sister, Louise Clarke Hough; his | 23 | | children, Charles F. (Vanessa) Clarke III, Timothy S. Clarke, |
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| 1 | | and Jay A. Clarke; his grandchildren, Arlo, Darby, Chase, | 2 | | Haley, and Ben Clarke, and Liam and Cora Bradley; and many | 3 | | nephews, nieces, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Charles F. "Charley" Clarke Jr. and extend our sincere | 7 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 8 | | him; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Charles F. Clarke Jr. as an | 11 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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