HR 32 Text

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 32
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and

Delegates R. M. Thompson,
Mahan, McGraw and Susman)
[Introduced April 12, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]

Commemorating the passing of Paul J. Vennari, educator, coach, referee, statesman, patriot and veteran.

Whereas, Paul J. Vennari was born on March 26, 1915, in Lumberport, Harrison County, West Virginia, the son of Joe and Rochella Mazza Vennari; and

Whereas, Paul J. Vennari was educated in the public schools and attended West Virginia Wesleyan College, received an A.B. degree from Salem College and a master's degree from West Virginia University. He also attended Marshall University Graduate School. He taught school in McDowell and Mercer Counties and retired from the Raleigh County school system with over 38 years' service. He was also a retired football referee, an avocation he pursued in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He was past president of the Southern Coal Fields Officials and commissioner of the WVIAC. He was past president of WVEA and past president of West Virginia Association of Classroom Teachers, vice president of National Association of Classroom Teachers, a member of West Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals and the West Virginia Association of School Administrators and he was executive director of West Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals; and

Whereas, Paul J. Vennari married the former Mildred "Mickey" Cales of Hinton, West Virginia on December 20, 1956; and

Whereas, Paul J. Vennari was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Raleigh County, from 1953 to 1960 and 1981-82. He was also active in the Silver Haired Congress and Legislature. Mr. Vennari was a three-term member of the Raleigh County Board of Education, a member of Glade Springs and Black Knight country clubs and St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church of Beckley; and

Whereas, Paul J. Vennari was a veteran of World War II and the United States Marine Corps from June 1942 to February 1946, with 20 months' service with the First Marine Division in the Pacific and China Theater of operation, from which he retired as a lieutenant colonel ; and

Whereas, Paul J. Vennari gave unselfishly of himself to his country, his State, his county and his community and in so doing, left this world a better place than it was when he entered it; and

Whereas, The passing of Paul J. Vennari on December 31, 2000, at the age of eighty-five years, should not go unnoticed; therefore, be it

Resolved by the West Virginia House of Delegates:

That regret is hereby expressed by the members at the passing of Paul J. Vennari , educator, coach, referee, statesman, patriot and veteran ; a man who loved his country, but above all he loved West Virginia and his fellow man; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to his widow, Mildred "Mickey" Vennari.

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