Full Text of HR0494 95th General Assembly
HR0494 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of the | 4 |
| Honorable John M. Flaherty of Oak Lawn, who passed away on May | 5 |
| 21, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, John M. Flaherty was a retired Associate Judge | 7 |
| with the 5th District Circuit Court of Cook County; he was an | 8 |
| United States Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Flaherty grew up in Chicago's Canaryville | 10 |
| neighborhood; he was the fourth of seven children, and was the | 11 |
| son of Irish immigrants, a Chicago Police officer, and a | 12 |
| homemaker; after his graduation from Englewood High School, he | 13 |
| enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces; between 1943 and | 14 |
| 1945, Mr. Flaherty was a machine-gunner in a B-24 Liberator | 15 |
| aircraft, flying over Europe; he survived his plane being shot | 16 |
| down; after his military discharge, he attended DePaul | 17 |
| University, where he earned bachelor's and law degrees; and
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In the late 1940s, he passed the Illinois bar exam | 19 |
| and married Margaret Leiser; together they lived in Canaryville | 20 |
| until 1965, when they moved to Oak Lawn, where they raised | 21 |
| their five children; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Flaherty worked as a Cook County public | 2 |
| defender for a time; he was appointed an associate judge in | 3 |
| 1965, working as a Traffic Court judge before working as a | 4 |
| roving judge; he worked in various village halls presiding over | 5 |
| municipal matters; in his last years as a judge, Judge Flaherty | 6 |
| was assigned to the county courthouse in Bridgeview, where he | 7 |
| retired at the age of 74; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Flaherty lived his life by this principle: | 9 |
| "There is but one rule of conduct for a man to do the right | 10 |
| thing. The cost may be dear in money, in friends, in influence, | 11 |
| in labor, in a prolonged and painful sacrifice; but the cost | 12 |
| not to do right is far more dear: you pay in the integrity of | 13 |
| your manhood, in honor, in truth, in character. You forfeit you | 14 |
| soul's content, and for a timely gain, you barter the | 15 |
| infinities."-Archer G. Jones; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, John Flaherty was the beloved husband of Margaret | 17 |
| M., nee Leiser, for 58 years; the loving father of Mary | 18 |
| Flaherty, John (Lynn), Honorable Brian (Mary Beth), Mark | 19 |
| (Alice) and Colleen (Tim) Shea; the dear "Papa" of Michael, | 20 |
| Eileen, Tom, Patrick, Kevin, Grace, Maggie, Colin, Alanna, | 21 |
| Nora, Cara and Annie; the devoted brother of the late Mary | 22 |
| Goldsmith, Patricia Meyer, Virginia Kenny, Margaret O'Connor, | 23 |
| and Stephen and Edward Flaherty; and the fond uncle of many | 24 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of the | 4 |
| Honorable John M. Flaherty; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of the Honorable John M. Flaherty as a | 7 |
| symbol of our sympathy.
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