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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ellis A. |
| 4 | | Flaws, who passed away on February 19, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on March 7, 1931 in Philadelphia, |
| 6 | | Pennsylvania, the son of Ellis Gordon and Mary Louis Ashworth |
| 7 | | Flaws; he graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 8 | | in 1953; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army for 2 years; |
| 10 | | he was a long-time agent for State Farm Insurance; and he was |
| 11 | | very committed to working with the Boy Scouts; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, He served as a precinct captain from 1956 until |
| 13 | | his passing and was elected President of the Rich Township |
| 14 | | Republicans for 2 terms; he was elected and served as Township |
| 15 | | Constable; he was elected Rich Township Highway Commissioner in |
| 16 | | 1961, and served for 2 subsequent terms; in 1989, he was |
| 17 | | elected Township Trustee and served 4 terms; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, He was a founding member of the Crawford |
| 19 | | Countryside Civic Association and served as President for many |
| 20 | | years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of the Crawford Countryside Civic |
| 2 | | Association, helped form the Crawford Countryside Sanitary |
| 3 | | District, as well as serving on the Board as Trustee and as |
| 4 | | President; he was an active member of the Lions Club, the |
| 5 | | Matteson Chamber of Commerce, the Rich Township Republican |
| 6 | | organization, and Trinity Evangelical Covenant Church in Oak |
| 7 | | Lawn; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ellis Flaws was the beloved husband of Lois M., |
| 9 | | nee Kreml;
the loving father of Jeffrey (Abigail DeMuth) Flaws |
| 10 | | and Rebecca Flaws; the cherished brother of Norma (the late |
| 11 | | James) Fisher, Mary (Richard) Jackson, and the late Gordon |
| 12 | | Flaws and Sylvia (William) Corey;
and the dear uncle of W. |
| 13 | | David Burdett, James Fisher, Scott Wheeler, William Corey, Jodi |
| 14 | | Corey, Larry Corey, Peter Eichmiller, and Phil Eichmiller; |
| 15 | | therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 18 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of |
| 19 | | Ellis Flaws; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Ellis Flaws as a symbol of our |
| 22 | | sincere sympathy.
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