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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 266 Offered February 19, 2020 Celebrating the life of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas. ---------- Patron-- Keam ----------

WHEREAS, the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas, a compassionate and uplifting spiritual leader in Vienna, died on July 18, 2019; and

WHEREAS, David Jordan-Haas was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Iowa, where he graduated from Cornell College; he later graduated from Harvard Divinity School and was ordained as a minister in 1990; and

WHEREAS, in the course of his career, David Jordan-Haas worked at Oberlin College in Ohio and served as the inaugural Protestant chaplain at Fairfield University in Connecticut; and

WHEREAS, David Jordan-Haas ministered to congregations in Mansfield, Ohio, and Darien, Connecticut, before relocating to the Commonwealth as an associate pastor at Vienna Presbyterian Church; and

WHEREAS, guided by his deep faith to serve others, David Jordan-Haas was engaged with the community and responsive to the needs of his congregation, touching countless lives through his kindness and wisdom; and

WHEREAS, David Jordan-Haas will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his beloved wife of 31 years, Constance; his daughters, Julia and Mary, and their families; his mother, Thomsa; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas, a highly admired pastor in Vienna; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.