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RESOLUTION NO. #17
A RESOLUTION OF 'lHE CI'lY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE PASSING AWAY OF FRA.:NK L. WILSON ON
JANUARY 21st, 1943.
WHEREAS, FRA.:NK L. WILSON of Seal Beach, California,
passed away on January 2lst, 1943; and,
WHEREAS, FRA.:NK,1.....WILSON, was born on the 7th day
of August, l872, at Green Castle, Indiana; he served his
coUntry as a soldier in the Spanish American War and later
came to Seal Beach fram Pasadena, California, in the year
19l9; and,
WHEREAS, said FRANK L. WILSON was appointed City
Judge of ih e Ci W of Seal Beach in Augu st of 1928 and
sezrved in tha t office with distinc tion until April, 1930,
when he was elected to the City' Council of ihe Ci1i}r of
Seal Beach, receiving'the hignest number of votes of six
candidates for the office of councilman; he was appointed
MaJor on April 21st, 1930, and served in that capacity'
until April, 1932, when he retired from public life.
During the years that Mr. Wilson resided in Seal
Beach, he was active in the political and public life of
the community' and sezrved the citizens of Seal Beach wi th
honor and distinction in the various offices held by him.
Mr. WILSON is survived by his widow, THERESIA WILSON
of Seal Bea.ch, his son, WILFERD F. WILSON, now sezrving in
the United States Navy, his son, EDWIN G. WILSON of Huntington
Beach, California, his sister, Miss JA1-lNE'l'l'E WILSON of Reedley,
California, his sister, Mrs. ADA VENARD of Antonia, Colorado,
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together with four grandchildren. Funeral services were
cond ucted on Saturday, January 2Srd, 1943, with interment
at Angeles Abbey, Compton, California.
NON, mEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: Tha t the City
Council of the City of Seal Beach in order to commemarate
the memory of the late FRANK L. WILSON, former Mayor of
the Ci~ of Seal Beach, and a tireless civic worker for
its advancement in civil government; and,
BE.IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Ci~ Clerk be
directed and requested to spread this Resolution on the
Official Records of this City, in order that the memory
of this beloved past City Official and honored citizen ma;r
be perpetuated, and that copies thereof be sent to his
i--elatives as an expression of sympathy.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
regularly introduced, passed and adopted by the Ci ~ Council
of the City of Seal Beach, California, at an adjourned
regular meeting thereof held on the 28th day of January,
1943, by the following vote of the members thereof.
AYES: Councilmen: Reed, Henkey, Postal, Felts
and Hughes.
NOES: Councilmen: None.
ABSENT: Councilmen: None.
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