HOUSE MEMORIAL 98-1002
BY REPRESENTATIVES C. Berry,
Adkins, Agler, K. Alexander, Allen, Anderson, Arrington, Bacon,
G. Berry, Chavez, Clarke, Dean, Dyer, Entz, Epps, Faatz, George,
Gordon, Gotlieb, Grampsas, Grossman, Hagedorn, Hefley, S. Johnson,
June, Kaufman, Keller, Kreutz, Lawrence, Leyba, Mace, May, McElhany,
McPherson, Miller, Morrison, Musgrave, Nichol, Owen, Pankey, Paschall,
Pfiffner, Reeser, Romero, Salaz, Saliman, Schauer, Sinclair, Smith,
Snyder, Spradley, Sullivant, Swenson, Takis, Tate, Taylor, Tool,
Tucker, Tupa, Udall, Veiga, S. Williams, T. Williams, Young, and
Zimmerman.
WHEREAS, By the Will of Divine Providence, our beloved
former member, the Honorable Arthur C. Herzberger, departed this
life December 1, 1997, at the age of eighty; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger was born January
29, 1917, in Colorado Springs, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger served in the
United States Army Veterinary Corps from 1940 to 1946, attaining
the rank of major; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger worked as a veterinarian
in private practice and as the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo veterinarian
from 1947 to 1963, as the president and general manager of Santa's
Workshop, as the president of Park State Bank, and as a realtor;
and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger was president
of the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, director of Goodwill
Industries, and a member of the Board of Pikes Peak Range Riders,
the Wagon Wheel Council of Girl Scouts, the Broadmoor Rotary Club,
the Winters Night Club, and the El Paso Night Club; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger served as an El
Paso County Deputy Sheriff from 1978 to 1979, and as a County
Commissioner from 1980 to 1984; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger served well and
faithfully in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1973
to 1980; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger served on several
committees, including Business Affairs and Labor, Local Government,
and State Affairs, and also served as chair of the Appropriations
Committee, chair of the Health, Welfare, Environment, and Institutions
Committee, vicechair of the Game, Fish, and Parks Committee,
and vicechair of the Joint Budget Committee; and
WHEREAS, Representative Herzberger sponsored and
cosponsored legislation on topics such as the development of state
parks, regulation of corporations, municipal annexation, tourism
information and promotion grant programs, alternatives to longterm
nursing home care, the Colorado commission on women, services
for displaced homemakers, the placement of children under the
Colorado children's code, veterinary medicine, and motor vehicle
repair garages; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the
House of Representatives of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly,
pay tribute to the years of dedicated public service of Representative
Herzberger and express our deep regret and sorrow occasioned by
his death; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
That, in the death of Arthur C. Herzberger, the people
of the State of Colorado have lost an outstanding citizen and
public servant and that we, the members of the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly, 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 Herzberger's
wife, Sheryl M. Herzberger of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his
daughter, Dr. Barbara Herzberger of Cambridge, England, and his
stepchildren, Tammy Frankforter of Anchorage, Alaska, Tracy Carpenter
of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Chris Wehrer of Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
_________________________ _________________________
Judith M. Rodrigue Charles E. Berry
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES OF REPRESENTATIVES