A memorial mass for Tim Mitchell will be held Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at Old St. Patrick’s Church, 700 W. Adams St.
Mitchell, 49, a former Chicago Park District chief and aide under Mayor Richard M. Daley, died Dec. 3, 2014, of natural causes. Mitchell was a gay man, but that fact was not widely known to the general public.
As CEO and superintendent of the Chicago Park District from 2004 to 2011, Mitchell was the driving force behind many park improvements. Mitchell was also instrumental in the creation of the Center on Halsted.
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