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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of F.O. "Frank" Kenny of Peoria, who passed |
4 | | away on October 20, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was born in Peoria to John C. and Ann |
6 | | E. Sheridan Kenny on August 26, 1935; he graduated from the |
7 | | Spalding Institute and Bradley University; he served for two |
8 | | yeas with the U.S. Marines and married Laura J. Carney in Ladd |
9 | | on September 9, 1961; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was a Peoria Journal Star reporter |
11 | | from 1961 to 1967; he retired from Caterpillar in 1996 after 29 |
12 | | years in marketing, human resources, and the Caterpillar |
13 | | Training Institute; he served as interim Peoria County Circuit |
14 | | Clerk in 1998 and was a member of the Peoria County Board for |
15 | | eight years; he also served two terms as a trustee for the |
16 | | Greater Peoria Sanitary District Board; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, Frank Kenny was a block captain for the Uplands |
18 | | Homeowners Association and a Democratic Party precinct |
19 | | committeeman; he was a Red Cross blood and pheresis donor and a |
20 | | volunteer driver for the Cancer Society; he was a volunteer and |
21 | | former board chairman for the Heart of Illinois Harvest; he was |
22 | | former president of St. Brendan's Division, a St. Patrick's |