Full Text of SR0884 96th 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 David Chetham McKee of Aurora, who passed | 4 | | away on May 19, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was a proud graduate of the University of | 6 | | Illinois and began his professional career as President and | 7 | | Chief Executive Officer of McKee Industries, Inc. in Aurora; he | 8 | | then became President of Oberweis Dairy, Inc., and later | 9 | | President of Anker Holdings Division of Furnas Electric | 10 | | Company; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, After serving on the board of Copley Memorial | 12 | | Hospital from 1986 until 1990, he became the President and | 13 | | Chief Executive Officer of Rush Copley Medical Center; he held | 14 | | this position until 2000 and retired in 2006 as Rush Copley | 15 | | Medical Center Vice President of Special Projects; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his life, he served on numerous boards | 17 | | and community organizations including as Senior Director of the | 18 | | Old Second Bank Corporation, as Director of Fox Valley | 19 | | Properties, as Director of Blackberry Hill Homeowners' | 20 | | Association, as Director and Chairman of the Board of Copley | 21 | | Memorial Hospital, as Vice President, President, and Trustee of | 22 | | the IMSA Fund for the Advancement of Education, as Director and |
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| 1 | | Chairman of the Board of Greater Aurora Chamber of Commerce, as | 2 | | a Policy Council Member of Illinois Hospital and HealthSystems | 3 | | Association, as Director and Vice Chairman of the Valley | 4 | | Industrial Association, as Director of the Aurora Economic | 5 | | Development Commission, as Fundraising Chairman and Director | 6 | | of the Aurora Area United Way, as Director of the Salvation | 7 | | Army, as Director and Treasurer of the Aurora Area Convention | 8 | | and Tourism Council, as Director of the Valley Political Action | 9 | | Committee, and as Moderator at New England Congregational | 10 | | Church; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Grace and | 12 | | Theodore McKee; and his step-mother, Ethel McKee; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, David Chetham McKee is survived by Linda, his wife | 14 | | of 43 years; his three children, Megan (John) Plain, Mindy | 15 | | (Jim) White, and Matthew McKee (Kaitlin Varady); his five | 16 | | grandchildren, Johnny, Grace, and Claire Plain, and Shannon and | 17 | | Maggie White; and his brothers John (Gwen) McKee and Paul | 18 | | McKee; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of David Chetham McKee; and | 22 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of David Chetham McKee as a symbol of | 3 | | our sincere sympathy.
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