2014
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE MEMORIAL 14-1004
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Tyler,  Becker, Buck, Buckner, Conti,
       Court, DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer,
       Foote, Garcia, Gardner, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Humphrey,
       Joshi, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee,
       May, McCann, McLachlan, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno,
       Murray, Navarro, Nordberg, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen, Primavera,
       Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Schafer, Scott,
       Singer, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo, Vigil, Waller,
       Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
                                 MEMORIALIZING FORMER 
                        REPRESENTATIVE THEODORE EAKER. 
       
          WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague Theodore "Ted" Eaker,
       a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives, departed this
       life on September 17, 2013, at the age of 91; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker was born on August 13, 1922, in
       Denver, Colorado, to August and Frieda Eaker; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker grew up in north Denver and
       attended Emmaus Lutheran School and Skinner Junior High, and
       graduated from North Denver High School in 1940; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1942, Representative Eaker received an Associate
       Degree in business from the University of Denver and, that same year, 
       joined the Army Air Corps, with which he served three years in the
       Phillippines, New Guinea, and Japan, and was awarded 12 combat medals
       and two presidential citations; and
       
          
       
       
          WHEREAS, Upon returning home, Representative Eaker met and
       married Betty Seiler, and they had five children: Phyllis, Peggy, Ken,
       Roy, and Tom; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker later married Juanita Young and
       became stepfather to her son, Robert; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker served as president of the
       family-owned retail dry goods and clothing stores "Eaker's" which, under
       his leadership, grew to 26 stores located throughout Colorado; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker was active in his community,
       serving on the Board of Directors for Lutheran Tuberculosis Sanitarium
       as part of a team that converted it into a much-needed hospital to serve
       Jefferson County, now known as Exempla Lutheran in Wheat Ridge,
       Colorado, and also served as a member of the Colorado Retail Council;
       Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry; Colorado Shippers
       Cooperative; Mountain States Employers Council; Industries for
       Jefferson County; "Spirit of '76", to bolster support for hosting the
       Olympics in Colorado; Lakewood Chamber of Commerce; Community
       College West Campus; Kiwanis; Lion's Club; the Board of Directors for
       North Denver Bank and Central Bank of North Denver; and on financial
       and stewardship church committees; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1969, Representative Eaker helped to bring about a
       successful incorporation effort to establish the City of Lakewood and was
       then elected to serve on the Lakewood City Council for two terms; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1973, Representative Eaker was elected to the
       Colorado House of Representatives to represent House District 23; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker served on the Business Affairs,
       Finance, and Transportation and Highways committees; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker was passionate about education
       and sponsored legislation to increase funding for community education
       programs and increase monthly payments to the state teachers' emeritus
       retirement fund, all of which proposals eventually became law; and
       
          
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker's tenure in the General Assembly,
       as well as his life as a whole, was distingushed by honesty and enthusiasm
       in all he did; and
          
          WHEREAS, Representative Eaker brought people and businesses
       together, made communities greater places to live, and used integrity and
       wisdom in making decisions; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
          That, in the death of Representative Theodore Eaker, the people of the
       state of Colorado have lost a dedicated public servant and outstanding
       citizen, and that we, the members of the House of Representatives, do
       hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of his
       family and pay tribute to a man who served his state well and faithfully.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to
       Representative Eaker's children and their families: Daughter Phyllis
       Kossa and her husband, Stephen, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and
       their children, Christine and Cara; son Kenneth Eaker and his wife,
       Debra, of Granby, Colorado, and their children, Scott, Kaitlin, and Tami;
       son Roy Eaker of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and his children, Emma,
       Zachary, and Theodore; son Thomas Eaker and his wife, Sue, of Arvada,
       Colorado, and their children, Laura and Daniel; son Robert Young and his
       wife, Betty, of Jamestown, Colorado, and their children, Sarah, Aaron,
       and Andrew; and grandchildren Melissa, Priscilla, and Casey Huston, of
       Thornton, Colorado.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                      Mark Ferrandino 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES