HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 13
Memorializing State Representative Donald R. Buxton of Brentwood
WHEREAS, we have learned with great sorrow of the death of our friend and colleague Donald Roy Buxton, who was in his second term of service to the citizens of Rockingham County District #10 as a member of the House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, Don Buxton served with diligence and distinction as a member of the Judiciary Committee, earning the respect of his colleagues for his sense of duty, and for his depth of knowledge and understanding in considering the many issues that were presented to the committee – knowledge and understanding gained during his many years in law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, Don Buxton’s years of service in the National Guard and the United States Army, his twenty-three years in the New Hampshire State Police followed by seventeen years with the United States Secret Service, including time as a personal assistant to President George Herbert Walker Bush, are indicative of an individual committed to the true meaning of public service; and
WHEREAS, Don Buxton was also a man whose interests included travel and history, who was a member of the Brentwood Historical Society and a friend of the environment, holding memberships in the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the Wilderness Society and Save the Redwoods; and
WHEREAS, since 1964, Don Buxton was an active member of the Masonic fraternity, serving with the Major General John Sullivan Lodge in Epping and then becoming a Charter Member and officer of General Court Lodge in Concord; and
WHEREAS, Don Buxton was a good man, kind and friendly with a cheerful twinkle in his eye, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the New Hampshire House of Representatives in Regular Session convened, that Donald Roy Buxton be granted the highest praise and accolades for his dedicated service to his community, his state and his country, and be it further
RESOLVED, that expressions of heartfelt sympathy be extended to his family and that a suitable copy of this Resolution be prepared for presentation to them.
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