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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may help |
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comfort the loved ones of Dr. Karen Hicks-Alldredge of Sweetwater, |
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who passed away on March 9, 2015, at the age of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, Karen Hicks was born on March 19, 1952, to Delores |
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Audis and Orville Hicks in Farmington, New Mexico; she grew up in |
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Window Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation, and graduated from high |
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school in Aberdeen, South Dakota; after earning a degree in |
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environmental science and chemistry from Northern State University |
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in 1974, she went to work for the South Dakota Parks and Wildlife |
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Department; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1983, she obtained her doctoral degree in |
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veterinary medicine from Iowa State University and began practicing |
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in Midland; additionally, she participated in graduate programs in |
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theriogenology at the University of Illinois and at Texas A&M |
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University; she moved to Sweetwater in 1993 and worked alongside |
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her husband, Dr. Bud Alldredge, at Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital, |
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where she was known for the kindness that she showed to both animals |
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and their owners; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Hicks-Alldredge was committed to serving her |
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community as well; she led her local Rotary Club for a term as |
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president and was honored by the organization as a Paul Harris |
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Fellow; she was also devoted to her faith as a member of the |
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Presbyterian Church; and |
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WHEREAS, A professional of great skill and compassion, Karen |
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Hicks-Alldredge touched countless lives, and she will forever hold |
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a treasured place in the hearts of those she leaves behind; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Karen |
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Hicks-Alldredge and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her husband, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge Jr.; to her parents, |
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Delores Audis and Orville Hicks; to her siblings, Sherry Hirsch and |
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her husband, V. J., Jim Hicks and his wife, Deb, and Gary Hicks and |
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his wife, Deb; to her stepchildren, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge III and his |
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wife, Kelly, and Michelle LaMendola and her husband, Tom; to her |
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step-grandchildren, Isabella and Nicholas LaMendola, Chase |
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Alldredge, Melissa Primeaux and her husband, Jonathan, Dillion |
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Martin and his wife, Crystal, and Courtney Porter; to her nieces and |
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nephews, John Hirsch and his wife, Candice, Samantha Goodman and |
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her husband, Kevin, Tara Knapp and her husband, Craig, Alicia |
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Malstrom and her husband, Stephen, James, Tara, and Eli Hicks, and |
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Tanya Tubbs; to her five step-great-grandchildren; and to her other |
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relatives and 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Karen |
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Hicks-Alldredge. |