Full Text of SR0749 95th General Assembly
SR0749 95TH 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
Edward John Kane III, who passed away on | 4 |
| May 29, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III was born on September 26, | 6 |
| 1927 in Chicago; he was the son of Edward J. Kane II and | 7 |
| Josephine Helen (Hurm) Kane; he was baptized at St. Vincent | 8 |
| DePaul Church in Chicago; he married Ann Louise (Harty) Kane on | 9 |
| June 24, 1950 at St. Patrick's Church in Seneca; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III was a 1945 graduate of | 11 |
| Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin and a | 12 |
| 1950 graduate of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa; he | 13 |
| lettered in sports in both high school and college and was well | 14 |
| known for his track and his Golden Gloves abilities; his | 15 |
| classmates dubbed him "Sugar Kane"; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III worked as a "steel man" for | 17 |
| his entire career; his career, which spanned fifty years, | 18 |
| included employment with major companies such as Caterpillar | 19 |
| Tractor, A.M. Castle & Company, Earl M. Jorgensen, Midwest | 20 |
| Metals, and Garbe Iron Works; the latter half of his working | 21 |
| years were spent in a family business venture with his sons Ed, | 22 |
| Tim, and Bill at E.K.S. Steel, which won the prestigious Inc. |
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| 500 Award in 1993 and 1994 recognizing America's fastest | 2 |
| growing companies; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III was easily identified as a | 4 |
| fine "Irishman" by both his looks and his humor; his paternal | 5 |
| grandmother, Bridget Pender, immigrated to the United States | 6 |
| from Clondegad, County Clare, Ireland; Mr. Kane made two | 7 |
| unforgettable trips to Ireland with his family in 1996 and | 8 |
| 2004; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III enjoyed basking in the sun | 10 |
| for hours, telling stories about all the great fun he | 11 |
| experienced in his life, his "baby", the swimming pool, and | 12 |
| vacations in Green Lake, Wisconsin with his family; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III was preceded in death by his | 14 |
| parents; his paternal grandparents, Edward and Bridget Pender | 15 |
| Kane; and his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Josephine Hurm; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Edward John Kane III is survived by his wife of | 18 |
| fifty-eight years, Ann Louise; his children, JoAnn, Colleen | 19 |
| (Bill) Howard, Pat (Nick) Moore, Edward IV (Cheryl) Kane, | 20 |
| Maureen Marlatt Braun, Tim (Jill) Kane, and Bill (Kim) Kane; | 21 |
| and his grandchildren, Sarah, Anna, Jennifer, Bridget, | 22 |
| Timothy, Edward V, Sean, Riley, Isaac, Will, Barbara, Devon, |
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| Ethan, and Liam; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Edward John Kane III; | 5 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Edward John Kane III as an | 8 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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