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Long-time Gary attorney and current Lake County Councilman Clorius Lay was remembered Monday as a brilliant lawyer, dedicated politician and devoted family man.
Lay was active in the city’s Civil Rights movement through the 1960s and 1970s , working with the late Mayor Richard Hatcher .
He also served four terms on the Calumet Township Board .
The dean’ possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of Lake County politics and had an impeccable memory, McCain said.
The men share a more than three-decade age gap and different political ideologies.
They bonded over their mutual respect for the government process.
“He had a pure passion for public service. We were kindred spirits in that way,” Niemeyer said.
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