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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 15
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In Memory |
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Karla Diaz Davalos |
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WHEREAS, Family and a host of friends are mourning the |
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untimely loss of Dr. Karla Diaz Davalos of El Paso, who passed |
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away on July 27, 2013, at the age of 31; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. Gonzalo Diaz and Patricia |
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Diaz, the former Karla Diaz grew up in El Paso, where she attended |
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Saint Clement's Episcopal School and Loretto Academy, graduating |
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at the top of her class; she went on to attend Northeast Ohio |
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Medical University and to complete a residency in internal |
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medicine through the Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
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Center at El Paso; most recently, she worked at University |
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Hospital in San Antonio as a Fellow in the Pulmonary and Critical |
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Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Texas |
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Health Science Center at San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Davalos shared a rewarding marriage with her |
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husband, Tony, and took tremendous pride in their infant son, |
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Pablo; in her leisure time, she loved exploring the world and |
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relished especially the ski trips that she and her husband took; |
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other favorite activities included biking with her father, |
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shopping with her mother, and getting the best of her brother at |
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board games; her wide circle of family and friends cherished her |
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for her great warmth, compassion, and good humor; and |
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WHEREAS, Karla Davalos brought to all her endeavors a |
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dedication and a generosity of spirit that inspired all who knew |
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her, and she will forever be remembered with great tenderness and |
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affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Dr. Karla Diaz Davalos and extend sincere sympathy to the |
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members of her family: to her husband, Tony Davalos; to her son, |
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Pablo Davalos; to her parents, Dr. Gonzalo Diaz and Patricia |
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Diaz; to her brother, Gonzalo Diaz; to her grandmothers, Carmen |
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Villardaga and Griselda Diaz; and to her many other relatives and |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Karla Diaz Davalos. |
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Rodriguez |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on August 5, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |