Full Text of SR0354 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 5 | | Flaherty, Erica Flaherty, and Ryan Bird; and
| 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
| 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
| 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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