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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Maurice E. "Jack" Flaherty of rural | ||||||
| 4 | Alexis, who passed away at June 3, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Flaherty was born to Arthur Joseph and Nora | ||||||
| 6 | Marie (Bride) Flaherty in Galesburg, Florida on June 21, 1924; | ||||||
| 7 | he was raised and educated in rural Alexis, Illinois; he | ||||||
| 8 | graduated from Alexis High School in 1942; he served in the | ||||||
| 9 | U.S. Army during World War II; he married
Helen A. Pease in | ||||||
| 10 | Carthage on December 1, 1950; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Jack Flaherty farmed
his entire life on the | ||||||
| 12 | family farm just south of Alexis, retiring in the mid-1970s; | ||||||
| 13 | he also worked as an overhead crane operator at the Rock
Island | ||||||
| 14 | Arsenal and as a foreman for the Illinois
Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Transportation Alexis Crew; he later served as road | ||||||
| 16 | commissioner of the Kelly Township for seven years; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Jack Flaherty was a
member of St. Theresa's | ||||||
| 18 | Catholic Church in Alexis, the Galesburg Elks Club, the | ||||||
| 19 | Monmouth American Legion,
the Monmouth VFW, and the Warren | ||||||
| 20 | County Democrats, where he served as chairman for several | ||||||
| 21 | years; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jack Flaherty was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 2 | Helen; his parents; his brother, Daniel Flaherty;
his | ||||||
| 3 | daughter, Beverly Peterson; his son, Scott Saunders; and his | ||||||
| 4 | grandchildren, Jerry Peterson, Gary Saunders, William
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| 5 | Flaherty, Erica Flaherty, and Ryan Bird; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Jack Flaherty is survived by his sons, Daniel | ||||||
| 7 | (Melinda) Flaherty and Pat (Cindy) Flaherty; his | ||||||
| 8 | grandchildren,
Ricky Peterson, Joyce (Scott McCurikan) | ||||||
| 9 | Peterson, Debbie Peterson, Chris (Tami) Saunders, Mike | ||||||
| 10 | (Teresa)
Saunders, Jeremy (Jennifer) Flaherty, Jacque | ||||||
| 11 | (Matthews) Schweighart, and Trevor Bird; and numerous | ||||||
| 12 | great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; therefore, | ||||||
| 13 | be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Maurice E. "Jack" Flaherty and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 17 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 18 | it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Jack Flaherty as an expression of | ||||||
| 21 | our deepest sympathy.
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