File #: 15584    Version: 0 Name: Roger Wayne Cunningham courtesy resolution.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/1/2005 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 8/1/2005 Final action: 8/1/2005
Title: A RESOLUTION commemorating the life of Roger Wayne Cunningham and his service to Jackson County as a Legislator.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits, Henry C. Rizzo, Fred Arbanas
Indexes: 2000 - 2006 COURTESY RESOLUTIONS

                     IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

Title

A RESOLUTION commemorating the life of Roger Wayne Cunningham and his service to Jackson County as a Legislator.

 

 

 

Intro

RESOLUTION  # 15584, August 1, 2005

 

 

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator

 

                                                                                                                              

 

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WHEREAS, Roger Wayne Cunningham passed away Sunday, June 19, 2005, and is survived by his loving wife Lucille; son Steve Cunningham and his wife, Iris; daughter Judy Shute and her husband, Austin; brother Ivan Cunningham; along with six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; and,

 

WHEREAS, Roger served as a Jackson County Legislator from 1985-1990 representing the 1st district; and,

 

WHEREAS, Roger also served his country in the Civilian Conservation Corps and then as a combat veteran in WWI serving in the Tank Corps under General Patton; and,

 

WHEREAS, Roger was held in the highest regards by both the citizens of Jackson County whom he served as Legislator for the 1st district and by the numerous men and women who came into contact with him during his lifetime; and,

 

WHEREAS, the memory of Roger Wayne Cunningham will live on in the hearts of his friends, family, and co-workers and he will never be forgotten; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature honors the life and works of Roger Wayne Cunningham for the time he served as a Jackson County Legislator for the 1st district.

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

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Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor                                                               County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15584 of August 1, 2005,  was duly passed on _________August 1_________________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

                     Yeas _________6__________                     Nays _________0__________

 

                     Abstaining ______0_________                     Absent ________3__________

 

 

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Date                                                                                                                              Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature