PRINTER'S NO. 2801
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
356
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY FLICK, MARCH 26, 2024
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 26, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and achievements of former State
Representative Thomas Dempsey.
WHEREAS, Former State Representative Thomas Dempsey passed
away March 7, 2024, at the age of 93; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey was born January 23, 1931, in
Williamsport, Lycoming County; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey graduated from Williamsport Area High
School in 1948 before attending Lycoming College; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey was elected as Lycoming County
Prothonotary in 1980 and served in that position until 1987; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey was a member of the Republican Club of
Williamsport and was elected to the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives representing Lycoming County in a special
election on November 3, 1987; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey advocated for his constituents and was
reelected to serve six more consecutive terms as a State
Representative; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey was preceded in death by his parents,
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Bernard and Sadie Dempsey, his wife Nina Dempsey, his stepmother
Helen Dempsey, his brother Bernard, his sister-in-law Bernadine
Dempsey and his sisters, Jane and Bernadine Dempsey; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dempsey is survived by his children, Thomas W.
Dempsey, Jr., of Hanover, Cheryl Dempsey of Williamsport, Karen
Logue of Hanover and Linda Dempsey of Williamsport, his
grandchildren, Ryan, Sean Logue, Katie Dempsey and Jen Baxter
(Dempsey) and his six great-grandchildren; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
and achievements of former State Representative Thomas Dempsey.
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