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.