PRINTER'S NO. 4875
No. 903 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY SATHER AND HESS, OCTOBER 23, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 23, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the memory of former State Representative Orville E.
2 Snare.
3 WHEREAS, On July 13, 2006, former Representative Orville E.
4 Snare passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Snare was an outstanding citizen of this
6 Commonwealth and this nation; and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. Snare served his country in World War II as a
8 soldier, earning the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense
9 Service Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, and
10 continued his service by membership in the American Legion and
11 the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and
12 WHEREAS, Mr. Snare worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a
13 brakeman and a conductor and for the Department of Highways
14 (currently the Department of Transportation) as a project
15 engineer; and
16 WHEREAS, Mr. Snare was successful as the owner of a local
17 grocery and meat market; and
1 WHEREAS, Mr. Snare also served as a volunteer firefighter;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, In 1956 this community leader from Smithfield
4 Township came to the State Capitol to represent Huntingdon
5 County in the House of Representatives and continued this
6 service for 14 years, chairing the Conservation and Natural
7 Resources Committee (currently the Environmental Resources and
8 Energy Committee) and serving on the Military Affairs Committee
9 (currently Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
10 Committee); therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory
12 of Orville E. Snare as a citizen, veteran, businessman,
13 community leader and public official; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
15 the First United Methodist Church, 425 Mifflin Street,
16 Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 16652.
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