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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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