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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives 
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congratulate Judge Jerry Flynn on his retirement as Resident 
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Circuit Judge, Randolph County, a position in which he served 
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from 1990 to December 3, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Judge Jerry Flynn was born May 20, 1948 to Harry 
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and Mary Elizabeth Flynn of East St. Louis, the third of six 
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children; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He attended the Holy Angels Parish Grade School, 
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St. Henry's Seminary, and Lewis University, later graduating 
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from Illinois College in Jacksonville, where he met his wife, 
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the former Luana Meinders; they were married in June 1973; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He and his wife, Luana, have three children, 
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Jeremy, Erin, and Christopher; and one grandson, Grant; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After a brief stint in the National Guard, he 
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continued his education at St. Louis University's School of 
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Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 1974; in the fall of 1974, he 
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was accepted to the Illinois Bar Association, and soon 
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thereafter joined the law firm of Nehrt, Sachtleben and Fisher 
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in Red Bud, where he worked until his appointment as an 
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Associate Judge of the 20th Circuit in October 1975; at age 27, 
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Judge Flynn became the youngest judge in the State at that 
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time;  and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1982, he received the Young Alumnus of the Year 
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award from Illinois College; he served as Associate Judge in 
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the 20th Circuit until August 1988, when he was appointed 
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Circuit Judge in St. Clair County; the following year, he 
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received a Distinguished Service Citation from Illinois 
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College; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In 1990, he was appointed Resident Circuit Judge 
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in Randolph County; it was this very position he had hoped for 
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since he was first appointed Associate Judge 15 years ago; 
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shortly after this appointment, he presided over his most 
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famous trial, which later became the book, "Deadly Deception" 
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by Alva Busch; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Since his election to the position of Resident 
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Circuit Judge in Randolph County in 1992, he has continued his 
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service to the Illinois judicial system, as well as to his 
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community; he is an active member of St. John the Baptist 
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Parish in Red Bud, a member of the Red Bud Library Board, and 
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many other civic organizations; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate and thank Judge Jerry Flynn for his lifetime of 
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contributions to the legal community and to the citizens of Red 
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Bud and Randolph County; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Judge Jerry Flynn as an expression of our respect 
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and esteem and with our best wishes for his retirement.