Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago - December 18, 1986
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Fuente: Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago
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JOURNAL-CITY COUNCIL-CHICAGO
12/18/86
At this point in the proceedings, Franz Benteler and his Royal Strings Earl Schwaller, Ki Joo Lee, Lou Ott, Betty Monahan and Ted Knight delivered a rendition ofThe Minstrel Boy.
The Honorable Walter S. Kozubowski, City Clerk, then read the following proposed resolution:
WHEREAS, God in his infinite wisdom called Mayor Richard J. Daley to his eternal reward on December 20, 1976; and WHEREAS, December 20, 1986 marks the tenth anniversary ofthe death of Chicagos Mayor Richard J. Daley; and WHEREAS, Richard J. Daley served as Mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976, having been elected an unparalleled six times as chief executive ofthe City he so dearly loved; and r
WHEREAS, Mayor Richard J. Daley established a new standard for Chicago Mayors, serving for more years and with greater distinction than any ofhis predecessors; and WHEREAS, Richard J. Daley was a lifelong resident of the Eleventh Ward of the City of Chicago and a lifelong member of the Eleventh Ward Regular Democratic Organization;
and WHEREAS, Richard J. Daley served with distinction as a member of the Illinois General Assembly from 1936 to 1946, as Director of Revenue for the State of Illinois from 1948 to 1950 and as Clerk ofCook County from 1950 to 1955; and WHEREAS, His early life and family background understanding ofthe problems ofthe City ofChicago; and
inculcated
in him a deep
WHEREAS, In his whole life he was unswerving in his reverence toward God, love of family, his personal honor, devotion to duty and the continuous personal commitment of unlimited hours, months and years to the public good; and WHEREAS, Through his skill in administration, and knowledge of the workings of government at all levels, he established the world wide reputation ofChicago as the City That Works and the city ofI Will Spirit; and WHEREAS, As Chairman, he unified the Democratic Party ofCook County, and made it a powerful democratic institution; and WHEREAS, Richard J. Daley was a loving husband, dedicated to his wife of forty years, Eleanor Sis Daley and the loving father of seven children, Patricia, Mary Carol, Eleanor, Richard, Michael, John and William, and, adoring grandfather; and WHEREAS, As was said in ancient times, his virtues shall be testified not only by the inscription on stone at home, but in all lands wheresoever, in the unwritten record of the mind, which far beyond any monument will remain with all men everlastingly; now, therefore,
