RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of sixty-eight; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan was a legendary Chicago journalist and the loving and devoted wife of Leonard Aronson; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan was the much-adored mother of Patrick and the grandmother of two to whom she imparted many of the fine and noble qualities which she possessed in abundance; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan wrote for the Chicago Tribune for twenty-four years and earned a reputation as one of the finest female writers in the history of Chicago journalism; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan began her career with the City News Bureau of Chicago and later wrote for United Press International before joining the Chicago Tribune in the 1970s; and
WHEREAS, Known for her precise reporting and poetic prose, Anne Keegan focused on the day-to-day stories of Chicago's working class population; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan captured the essence and dignity of a range of blue-collar Chicagoans that included police officers, firefighters, soldiers, waitresses and factory workers; and
WHEREAS, Throughout her career, Anne Keegan gave voice to individuals the media seldom focused on and described how their lives intersected with issues of the day; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan retired from the Chicago Tribune in 1997 and went on to publish both a children's book and a nonfiction work about crime as seen through the eyes of a Chicago police officer; and
WHEREAS, Anne Keegan was the begrudging recipient of numerous awards, always insisting that her work was not about her, but about the people she featured in her articles; and
WHEREAS, A resident of the North Side, Anne Keegan will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by her many relatives, friends, and colleagues; and
WHEREAS, To her beloved family, Anne Keegan imparts a legacy of faithfulness, service and dignity; now, therefore
BE IT ...
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