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This memorial resolution mourns the passing of Clarence Thomas, a long-serving public servant and community advocate from Illinois who died on February 26, 2025. The resolution highlights Thomas's life and contributions, noting that he was born in 1953, graduated from Austin High School in 1971, and worked as a supervisor of building and grounds for Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89. He began his political career as a precinct captain in 1975 and served as an adviser on numerous congressional and local political campaigns, was elected as a Proviso Township trustee in 2017 and reelected in 2021, and served on the board of the Campaign For a Drug Free Westside from 2008 to 2020. The resolution emphasizes Thomas's dedication to his family, community, and mentorship of young men, and notes that he is survived by five children, ten grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. The Illinois House of Representatives formally expresses its condolences to his family and resolves to present a copy of the memorial resolution to his family as an expression of sympathy.

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