Full Text of SR0229 96th General Assembly
SR0229 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
John Blakey, who passed away on April 1, | 4 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, John Blakey was born on March 18, 1940 in Brent, | 6 |
| Alabama; he was the son of George and Queenie Blakey; he | 7 |
| married Evonne Alexander on June 29, 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1945, John Blakey and his family moved to | 9 |
| Chicago in search of better employment and educational | 10 |
| opportunities; he attended and graduated from St. Charles | 11 |
| Borromeo Elementary and St. Philip High School; he earned his | 12 |
| bachelor's degree from DePaul University in 1962 and his | 13 |
| Master's of Business Administration from the University of | 14 |
| Chicago; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, John Blakey was employed in numerous positions in | 16 |
| the private and public sectors; he worked for the Social | 17 |
| Security Administration and the Veterans Administration; he | 18 |
| served as vice president of MICA, Inc., A.G. Becker and Co., | 19 |
| and Becker Securities Corp.; he was president of his own | 20 |
| consulting firm, Blakey Services, Inc., for four years; he | 21 |
| worked as a part-time adjunct professor at Chicago State | 22 |
| university and Governors State University; after completing |
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| School Business Management training at Northern Illinois | 2 |
| University, he served as chief school business official for | 3 |
| Harvey School District 152, North Chicago Unit School District | 4 |
| 187, and Bremen High School District 228, from which he retired | 5 |
| in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his retirement, John Blakey served as | 7 |
| Interim Director of Business Operations for Thornton High | 8 |
| School District 205 from 2006 to 2008 and at Riverdale School | 9 |
| District 133 from 2008 until his passing; and
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| WHEREAS, John Blakey was a member of Toastmasters, where he | 11 |
| was widely regarded as an eloquent public speaker, and was a | 12 |
| charter member of the Glenwood/Thornton Toastmasters; he | 13 |
| served as a member of the Brookwood District 167 Board of | 14 |
| Education from 1983 until his passing, serving as secretary, | 15 |
| vice president, and president during his tenure; he was a | 16 |
| chairperson of the Reclaim A Youth (RAY) of Illinois Advisory | 17 |
| Board and served on the RAY Scholarship and College Orientation | 18 |
| Committee; he was also a member of the Illinois Association of | 19 |
| School Business Officials, the Homewood Rotary, and the | 20 |
| Glenwood Lions Club; and
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| WHEREAS, John Blakey was preceded in death by his father | 22 |
| and his brothers, Jeff (Valeria) and George Jr.; and |
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| WHEREAS, John Blakey is survived by his loving and devoted | 2 |
| wife, Evonne; his son, Randall (Sonya); his daughter, Ricia | 3 |
| (Trenton) Taylor; his grandchildren, Noel, Destinee, Justice, | 4 |
| and Zion; his mother; his brother, James (Monica); his | 5 |
| mother-in-law, Christine Alexander; his sister-in-law, Deborah | 6 |
| (Jerry); and his many cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, | 7 |
| great-nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of John Blakey; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of John Blakey as an expression of our | 14 |
| sympathy.
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