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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Edwin L.
4 Kay of Chicago, who passed away on February 23, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Edwin Kay was born on November 30, 1926 in
6 Chicago; he was the eighth of twelve children born to Marion
7 and Hattie Kay; he grew up in Hyde Park and attended Kenwood
8 Elementary School; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He was drafted into the United States Army and
10 served two years in World War II; he worked as a contractor,
11 then with the Teletype Corporation, followed by employment with
12 the City of Chicago as a civil servant driving trucks; he then
13 started his own maintenance company called Kay's Home
14 Maintenance; in addition to managing his own business, he also
15 worked as a consultant at the University of Chicago's Smart Art
16 Gallery; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Edwin L. Kay is survived by his wife, Patricia A.
18 Kay; his children, Lawrence, Patricia E., Ramona A., and Mark
19 A.; his brother, Richard Kay; his sister, Julia Ann
20 Kay-Liddell; his grandchildren; his great-grandchildren; his
21 nieces and nephews; and a host of loving relatives and friends;
22 and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Edwin Kay took pride in his children and
2 grandchildren and encouraged them to do their best at all
3 times; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
6 mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Edwin
7 L. Kay; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Edwin L. Kay as a symbol of our
10 sympathy.