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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. M98­0779.01 MAS

STATE OF COLORADO




BY REPRESENTATIVES Faatz and Gotlieb.


HOUSE MEMORIAL 98-1005


WHEREAS, By the Will of Divine Providence, our beloved former member, the Honorable Paul Swalm, departed this life December 2, 1997, at the age of 79; and

WHEREAS, Representative Swalm was born on November 27, 1918, in Nampa, Idaho where he spent most of his childhood living in foster homes; and

WHEREAS, Representative Swalm persevered through a difficult childhood to become an esteemed business and community leader in the Denver area and built the upscale Crestmoor Downs development in east Denver and served on the Board of Directors of the Crestmoor Community Association; and

WHEREAS, Representative Swalm served the people of Denver faithfully as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1976 to 1978 and on the Denver City Council from 1981 to 1990; and

WHEREAS, Representative Swalm served the people of Colorado as a dedicated Republican who was known for his sincerity and honesty and for supporting legislation dealing with business, economic, and fiscal issues; 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 by Representative Swalm 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 Paul Swalm, the people of the State of Colorado have lost an outstanding citizen and a devoted 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 community and the State of Colorado well and faithfully.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Memorial be sent to his wife, LaVerne, his daughters Linda of Virginia, and Katherine of Denver, and his sons Spencer of Englewood, and Stephen of Littleton.


Created: 4/16/98 Updated: 4/16/98