Bill Text: PA HR673 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the life of Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr., 86, who died on March 29, 2012, in Newtown, Bucks County.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-01 - Adopted (188-0) [HR673 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR673-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3368
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 673 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY SANTARSIERO, BARBIN, BISHOP, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FARRY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHART, HESS, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MATZIE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MULLERY, O'NEILL, PAYTON, QUINN, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER, TOOHIL, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, GALLOWAY, FABRIZIO AND MIRABITO, APRIL 10, 2012
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 10, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life of Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr., 86, who
died on March 29, 2012, in Newtown, Bucks County.
WHEREAS, Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr., 86, a former judge
of the Pennsylvania Superior Court and justice of the Supreme
Court, died on March 29, 2012, in Newtown, Bucks County; and
WHEREAS, Born in Philadelphia, Justice Montemuro was a
longtime resident of Bustleton. He also lived in Newtown for the
last ten years; and
WHEREAS, Justice Montemuro served in the Navy from 1944 to
1946, including service with occupation forces in northern China
after World War II; and
WHEREAS, Justice Montemuro graduated from Temple University
and earned his law degree from Duke University in 1952; and
WHEREAS, In 1964, Governor William W. Scranton appointed
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Justice Montemuro to a ten-year term on the Court of Common
Pleas of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Justice Montemuro was appointed to Governor Milton
Shapp's advisory committee on the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; and
WHEREAS, In 1990, Governor Dick Thornburgh appointed him to
the Superior Court; and
WHEREAS, In 1992, Governor Robert Casey appointed Justice
Montemuro as an interim appointment to the Supreme Court and in
1994 he became a senior justice; and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court appointed him as chairman of the
Legislative Reapportiontment Commission in 2001; and
WHEREAS, Justice Montemuro served a four-year term as a
member of the Judiciary Inquiry and Review Board and was a
member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judges; and
WHEREAS, Justice Montemuro's accomplishments also include
many awards and accolades, including, among others, being named
a knight commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope
John Paul II; and
WHEREAS, Justice Montemuro is survived by his wife, Margaret;
his sons, Frank III, Michael and Anthony; his two sisters; and
his six grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, The service he provided to the justice system and to
the community will long be gratefully remembered; therefore be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of
Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr., 86, who died on March 29, 2012,
in Newtown, Bucks County.
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