Item K06
Rev 3/99
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 10/18/2000
Division: DISTRICT I
Bulk Item: Yes X
No
Department: COMMISSIONER HARVEY
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a Resolution in recognition of
the late Frank Mowery.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Recognition is given to the family of the late
Frank Mowery. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted and became a
civilian employee of the Navy, and worked to establish and maintain
the communications systems on the islands and on the Navy ships. He
continued in the electronics field the remainder of his life, and
donated many hours to training and encouraging young people in the
electronics field, and always had time to listen and counsel
friends and family.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: YES
NO
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APPROVED BY:
County Atty
DIVISION DIRECTOR:
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Commissioner Wilhelmina
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DISPOSITION:
Agenda
Commissioner Wilhelmina G. Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. -2000
A RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION
OF THE LATE FRANK DIXON MOWERY
WHEREAS, Frank Dixon Mowery, passed away on September 21, 2000 at
the age of 79; and
WHEREAS, Frank Dixon Mowery was born on November 17, 1920 in
Brinkhaven, Ohio, the son of Margery Horton and Harold Mowery; and
WHEREAS, his family moved to Mansfield, Ohio, where he completed high
school. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted and became a civilian
employee of the Navy; and
WHEREAS, Frank Mowery worked to establish and maintain the
communications systems on the islands and on the Navy ships. During a Naval
sea voyage he suffered a spinal injury, leaving him paralyzed from the waist
down. He taught himself how to walk,and continued working in the electronics
field the remainder of his life; and
WHEREAS, when personal computers became available in 1970,he started.
learning how to maintain and to program computers; and
WHEREAS, all through his life, he donated many hours to training and
encouraging young people in the electronics field, and always had time to listen
and counsel friends and family; and
WHEREAS, Frank Mowery, was preceded in death by his first wife, Ann
Millenbruck Mowery, in 1964, and in 1967 he married Joan and they moved to the
Florida Keys in 1986; and
WHEREAS, Frank Mowery leaves his beloved wife, Joan R. Mowery;
a daughter and son-in-law Melinda Ann Mowery and Dean Deulwaarder of
Vancouver, Wash.; a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Diana (Cole) Mowery
of Grove City, Ohio; a granddaughter; and a great granddaughter in North
Carolina; his mother-in-law, Stella R. Sweezie of Lucas, Ohio, and many, many
friends to cherish his memory; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its
regret and mourning for the passing of the late Frank Mowery, and in recognition
of his dedication and public service to the community.
Section 2. Mayor Emeritus Harvey forwards a copy of this Resolution to
his beloved wife, Joan R. Mowery, and family to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of
October, 2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina G. Harvey
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
By:, '
Mayor/Chairman
Deputy Clerk