2016
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE MEMORIAL 16-1003
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Wist,  Arndt, Becker J., Brown, Carver,
       Conti, Coram, Court, Danielson, DelGrosso, Dore, Foote, Garnett,
       Ginal, Hamner, Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Klingenschmitt,
       Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Leonard, Lontine, Lundeen,
       Moreno, Navarro, Neville P., Nordberg, Pabon, Primavera, Priola,
       Rankin, Ransom, Rosenthal, Roupe, Ryden, Saine, Sias, Singer,
       Thurlow, Tyler, Van Winkle, Vigil, Willett, Wilson, Windholz,
       Winter, Young, Hullinghorst.
       
         CONCERNING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE 
                FRANK SOUTHWORTH. 
       
          WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague, Franklin "Frank"
       Southworth, a past member of the Colorado House of Representatives,
       departed this life on February 10, 2016, at the age of 90; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Southworth, a second-generation native
       of Denver, was born at Mercy Hospital on November 10, 1925; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1943, on the day before his 18th birthday,
       Representative Southworth enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving
       in the Phillippines and on Okinawa Island during World War II and was
       honorably discharged after three years of military service; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Southworth married his wife Doris while
       studying at the University of Kentucky and graduated in 1950 with a
       degree in economics; and
       
          
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Southworth returned to Denver in 1955
       and began his career in public service in 1960 as the appointed manager
       of revenue for the City and County of Denver and later as a board
       member of the Denver Metro Sanitation District; and
       
          WHEREAS, A staunch Republican, Representative Southworth was
       chairman of the Colorado Reagan for President Committee in 1967 and
       in 1968 was the alternate Colorado delegate at the Republican National
       Convention in Miami; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1969, Representative Southworth was elected to the
       Denver Board of Education and served as board president in 1973 and
       1974; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1972, Representative Southworth was elected to the
       Colorado House of Representatives, serving on several House
       committees, including the Health Welfare and Institutions, Local
       Government, Education, and Finance Committees and as Vice-Chair of
       the State Affairs Committee; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Southworth's run for Congress in 1974
       included an anti-busing platform, and in 1975, he became a founding
       member and the first president of the National Association for
       Neighborhood Schools, Inc.; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Southworth also served on the boards of
       the Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation, Denver Art Museum, the
       Centennial Chamber of Commerce, and the Colorado Foundation for
       State Parks and was an active member of the Cherry Creek Presbyterian
       Church; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Southworth was preceded in death by his
       son, Glenn, who succumbed to leukemia as a child, and is survived by his
       wife of 66 years, Doris; his son, Scott; his daughter, Nancy Puckett; and
       his grandchild, Chase Puckett; now, therefore,
       
          
       
       
       
          
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
          That Representative Southworth be remembered as a notable public
       servant and advocate for the arts, education, and business for the state of
       Colorado.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to
       Representative Southworth's wife Doris Southworth and his son Scott
       Southworth and to his daughter Nancy Puckett and grandson Chase
       Puckett.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins              Dickey Lee Hullinghorst 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES