[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S5797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING P.J. KEELEY

 Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I wish to honor P.J. Keeley, a 
great husband and father, a fine grandfather, and an outstanding 
golfer, on the eve of his 75th birthday.
  It's appropriate that P.J. is turning 75 this year, having shot an 
impressive round of 75 on the links in March.
  P.J. Keeley married Elizabeth L. Holten Keeley on February 3, 1951, 
and had 10 children by that union. In addition, P.J. has 24 
grandchildren and one great grandchild.
  After the death of his wife, Betty, P.J. married Virginia McKee 
Keeley on August 22, 1998.
  P.J.'s passion is golf. In the course of his golfing career, P.J. 
Keeley won 16 championships at St. Clair Country Club in Belleville, 
IL. He won his first championship in 1958, at the age of 16, and his 
last championship in 1987 at the age of 58.
  In addition to being an avid golfer, P.J. is an Army veteran who has 
honorably served his country.
  P.J. Keeley served as president of Keeley & Sons, Inc., a well-known 
highway construction firm, for 23 years, from 1967 through 1989. Keeley 
& Sons was founded in 1947. In addition, P.J. was president of the 
Associated General Contractors of Illinois for two terms. Throughout my 
life, the name Keeley has been synonymous with construction in 
Southwestern Illinois.
  I congratulate P.J. Keeley on the occasion of his 75th birthday and 
wish him many more years of happiness and accomplishment, both on and 
off the golf course.

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