PENNSYLVANIA, October 21 - first Democrat to be elected to this position; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney worked as a Federal Government

administrator and analyst, retiring after 30 years; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney was also a vice president of a

mortgage company; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney was a member of the Pennsylvania

Public Television Network Commission and the Irish-American

representative to the Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs Commission;

and

WHEREAS, In his community, Senator Sweeney served as a

communion minister and taught CCD at St. Andrew the Apostle

Catholic Church in Drexel Hill; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney served as the chairman of the Upper

Darby Youth Panel and volunteered as an Ombudsman for the

Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney was very proud of achieving the

status of a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, as well as

receiving the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney was always ready to lend a hand,

give a hug, wipe a tear or just listen; and

WHEREAS, Senator Sweeney's seat at the table may now be

empty, but it will always be filled with the important lessons

he taught, the love he gave and wonderful memories left behind;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the life and extend

condolences to the family of the Honorable John J. Sweeney, Jr.

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