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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of James P. Keagle Sr., former mayor of 
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Wauconda, who passed away on June 18, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James P. Keagle Sr. was born July 1, 1932, in 
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Battle Creek, Michigan; Mr. Keagle served in the Air Force for 
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four years, three years in Germany with Air Force Intelligence; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He received a bachelor of science degree from 
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Western Michigan University and continued his education in 
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computers at the College of Lake County and in finance at 
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private and Municipal League seminars; Mr. Keagle was employed 
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for 38 years with the Kellogg Sales Company, where he worked as 
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a food service territory manager; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His years of community service contributions 
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include Township supervisor for 12 years; mayor of Wauconda; 
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advisory member of L.C. Alliance for the Mentally Ill; director 
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of Lake County Municipal League; working with NISRA on the 
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handicapped fishing pier, working with PADS at Messiah Church; 
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and helping with the development of boys and girls programs 
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through LYAA; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He served as Wauconda Village trustee for six 
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years; he was a member of the Lions Club and Boy Scouts; he was 
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a past president of the Wauconda Park District; and he was a 
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"commissioner" for girls, boys, and men's softball leagues at 
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Lagoon Park in Larkdale; his hobbies were golf and fishing; he 
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was proud to have scored two holes-in-one in golf; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Keagle Sr. was the beloved husband of Sharon 
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(nee Bartel); the loving father of James P. Jr., Janice 
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(Patrick) Stanley, and Tracee; the cherished grandfather of 
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Kelli, Danny, Emily, and Tommy Stanley; and the dear brother of 
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Katherine Reed, Ann Pallett, the late Robert (Ruth), Stanley 
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(Rosemary), Gerald, and Norman (Mary Jo) Keagle; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of James Keagle Sr.; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of James P. Keagle Sr. as a symbol of 
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our sympathy.