Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2018-87

• Record #: R2018-87
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 1/17/2018
• Final action: 1/17/2018
• Title: Tribute to late Honorable Kenneth Lahner
• Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
1/17/2018		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
1/17/2018	65701	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION


WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 84; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner was the loving husband for 57 years of Lois; and

WHEREAS, Kenneth Lahner was the much-adored father of Kerry, Scott, Christopher and the late Kimberly, the grandfather of nine and the great­grandfather of one to whom he imparted many of the fine and noble qualities that he possessed in abundance; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner was the dear brother of Kathleen and Patricia, the late Richard and the late Dennis; and

WHEREAS, A native of Chicago, Kenneth Lahner was raised in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner attended St. Rita High School and Northern Illinois University; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner served during the 1960s and 1970s on the Itasca Park Board, including as its President; and

WHEREAS, From 1978 to 1982 the Honorable Kenneth Lahner was a member of the DuPage County Board and the DuPage County Forest Preserve District; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner was appointed to serve as DuPage County Recorder from 1983 to 1984; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Kenneth Lahner was later Chief of Staff for the President of the DuPage County Board until he left government in 1989 to become Vice President and General Manager for the Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Company; and

WHEREAS, For more than 25 years the Honorable Kenneth Lahner was the public face of the concrete-producing company as it expanded its operations; and

WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of the Honorable Kenneth Lahner serve as an example to all; and

WHEREAS, His love of life and ability to live it to the fullest endeared the Honorable Kenneth Lahner to his family members, friends and all who knew him, and enabled him to enrich their live...