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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN MEMORY OF FORMER COOK COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS EUGENE "GENE" MOORE
WHEREAS, Eugene "Gene" Moore was born on July 19, 1942 in Baltzer, Mississippi to Sara Ella ("SE") Burrell and Joseph Moore; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore moved to Maywood, Illinois at an early age; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore graduated from Proviso Township High School in 1960, and attended Otero College in La Junta, Colorado on a football scholarship until an injury ended his football career; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore was elected to his first political office, Commissioner on the Provisio Township of the Provisio Township Board of Trustees, in 1988; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, Gene Moore was selected by the Democratic Party of Cook County to fill the role vacated by our current Secretary of State, Jesse White, as the Cook County Recorder of Deeds; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore would later run for a full term and win the office of Cook County Recorder Deeds in a landslide; and
WHEREAS, Until his retirement in 2012, Gene Moore made many innovative changes and brought the Recorder of Deeds' Office into the 21st century; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore created the "Property Fraud Unit" by joining forces with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court; and
WHEREAS Gene Moore served on numerous boards including: The Boys and Girls Club of West Cook County, The Proviso-Leyden Council on Community Action, the John C. Vaughn's Scholarship Fund, and the Community Economic Development Association; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore peacefully left this natural world on June 14, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore is survived by his children; DaWanna, Natalie, and Eric; his siblings: Barbara, Anise, Freddie, and Michael; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Gene Moore was instrumental in starting and furthering the careers of many Cook County community leaders.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that t...
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