92_SR0586 LRB9218453HShs 1 SENATE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of 3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of James P. Kane 4 Jr. on October 19, 2002; and 5 WHEREAS, Mr. Kane was born August 25, 1943; he attended 6 Visitation Grade School, 14th Ward in Chicago and graduated 7 from Leo High School in 1962; he graduated from Loyola 8 University in 1966 and John Marshall Law School in 1972; and 9 WHEREAS, Mr. Kane taught and coached football at De La 10 Salle High School for seven years from 1966 to 1973, while 11 attending law school; he was much beloved by both players and 12 students who once chipped in and gave him a watch in 13 appreciation of his efforts; the watch was one of his prized 14 possessions for the rest of his life; in 1998, he was 15 inducted into the De La Salle Sports Hall of Fame; and 16 WHEREAS, Mr. Kane's law practice emphasized real estate, 17 of which he was one of the foremost experts in the State of 18 Illinois; for many years, he taught the most popular course 19 in the Chicago area for people seeking to become licensed 20 real estate brokers; he also taught a renewal course and one 21 on real estate broker law; and 22 WHEREAS, For sixteen years, he volunteered as the 23 basketball coach at St. Clement Catholic Grade School in 24 Chicago's Lincoln Park area; he started the seventh and 25 eighth grade teams beginning with few players and no 26 equipment or uniforms; he provided the teams with balls and 27 raised the money to purchase the first uniforms; under his 28 guidance, the program grew to several grade level teams with 29 the varsity team participating in two leagues, playing 50 30 games a year; and 31 WHEREAS, Mr. Kane taught tolerance and diversity through -2- LRB9218453HShs 1 basketball and emphasized gentlemanly behavior to his 2 students; he coached his teams to more than 1,000 wins as 3 well as ten league or tournament championships; he was 4 elected to the Hall of Fame of the West Central Athletic 5 Association in Chicago; in 2000, he was named Illinois Grade 6 School Coach of the Year by the Illinois High School Athletic 7 Association; and 8 WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Kane has been deeply felt by 9 all who knew him, especially his wife, Denise; his sons, 10 Nicholas and Devlin; his daughter, Marilyn Marturano; his 11 grandchildren, Regina and Daniel Marturano; and his sisters, 12 Louise Ward and Kathy Dwyer; he was preceded in death by his 13 son, Ethan; therefore, be it 14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL 15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing 16 of James P. Kane Jr. and offer our deepest sympathy to his 17 family and friends; and be it further 18 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 19 presented to the family of James P. Kane Jr. with our sincere 20 condolences.