Full Text of SR0585 93rd General Assembly
SR0585 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of John M. | 4 |
| Kerivan, Jr., long time resident and former Alderman of the | 5 |
| City of Northlake, on April 11, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, John M. Kerivan, Jr., began his service to | 7 |
| Northlake as the Third Ward Alderman in 1973 at age 27, making | 8 |
| him one of the youngest persons to be elected to office in | 9 |
| Northlake; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Kerivan was successfully reelected Third Ward | 11 |
| Alderman in 1977, 1981, and 1985, and in 1991 he was elected to | 12 |
| represent the First Ward; he was a candidate for Mayor in 1993; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, He saw many changes in Northlake during his twenty | 15 |
| years as Alderman, seeing the city going from having no curbs | 16 |
| or storm sewers to having them installed during the city's | 17 |
| ambitious improvement program in the 1980s; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kerivan supported efforts to helping control | 19 |
| flooding in the city, which made commercial and industrial | 20 |
| development possible; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kerivan's priority as an Alderman was to make | 22 |
| sure that city services were available to residents, and he was | 23 |
| always willing to extend a helping hand to anyone; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of John M. Kerivan, Jr., will be | 25 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Mary Lou; his | 26 |
| children, John M. Kerivan III and his fiancé Bev, Dawn M. and | 27 |
| her husband Jim Evans, Denise M. Farmer and her fiancé Mike, | 28 |
| and Anthony M. Kerivan and his wife Susan; his grandchildren, | 29 |
| David and Joseph Farmer, Jaimie and Samantha Evans, and |
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| Genevieve and Anthony Kerivan Jr.; his sisters, Joellyn and her | 2 |
| husband Robert Gilleran, and Julee and her husband Richard | 3 |
| Mortensen; his loyal canine companion, "Princess"; and his many | 4 |
| friends and family; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Thomas; and a | 6 |
| sister, Jeanine Jilovec; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 9 |
| John M. Kerivan, Jr., along with all who knew and loved him and | 10 |
| extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | 11 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of John M. Kerivan, Jr., as an | 14 |
| expression of our sorrow for their loss.
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