Bill Text: PA HR356 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expressing condolences upon the death of Joseph G. Clayborne III, Chief of the West Conshohocken Police Department, and extending gratitude for his many years of service to the people of Montgomery County.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-30 - Adopted [HR356 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR356-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2162
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 356 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS AND VEREB, JUNE 16, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 16, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Expressing condolences upon the death of Joseph G. Clayborne
III, Chief of the West Conshohocken Police Department, and
extending gratitude for his many years of service to the
people of Montgomery County.
WHEREAS, Joseph G. Clayborne III, the recently retired Chief
of Police of the West Conshohocken Police Department, died
suddenly on April 24, 2009, at 59 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Prior to his retirement, Chief Clayborne served the
borough of West Conshohocken as its chief of police for 25
years, beginning in 1983, and had a total of 36 years in law
enforcement with the borough; and
WHEREAS, Chief Clayborne also served as a deputy sheriff of
Montgomery County; and
WHEREAS, Chief Clayborne served and protected his community
with compassion and volunteered many hours to numerous
charities, especially distributing Thanksgiving dinners to
families in need and distributing Christmas toys to West
Conshohocken borough children; and
WHEREAS, Chief Clayborne was a Vietnam veteran who served
this nation as a helicopter door gunner in the United States
Army 101st Airborne; and
WHEREAS, A parishioner of St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Church,
Chief Clayborne attended its grade school and Upper Merion High
School; and
WHEREAS, Chief Clayborne was a member of the Police Chiefs
Association of Montgomery County, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of
Police Association, the Montgomery County Fraternal Order of
Police Lodge No. 14, the Pennsylvania Association of Arson
Investigators, the George Clay Fire Company, the Conshohocken
Number 2 Fire Company, the Gladwynne Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post No. 6956, the American Turners Club of Roxborough, the TK
Club and the Conshohocken Bocce' Club; and
WHEREAS, Chief Clayborne is survived by his wife, Cynthia,
and his son, Joseph, and daughter, Jennifer, two brothers, three
sisters and nieces and nephews; and
WHEREAS, For his many years of public service, Chief
Clayborne has earned the gratitude of this Commonwealth;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives express
condolences upon the death of Joseph G. Clayborne III, Chief of
the West Conshohocken Police Department, and extend gratitude
for his many years of service to the people of Montgomery
County; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Joseph G. Clayborne III, 163 Moorehead Avenue,
Conshohocken, PA 19428.
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