84R16161 KSM-D
 
  By: King of Taylor H.R. No. 1731
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may help
  comfort the loved ones of Dr. Karen Hicks-Alldredge of Sweetwater,
  who passed away on March 9, 2015, at the age of 62; and
         WHEREAS, Karen Hicks was born on March 19, 1952, to Delores
  Audis and Orville Hicks in Farmington, New Mexico; she grew up in
  Window Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation, and graduated from high
  school in Aberdeen, South Dakota; after earning a degree in
  environmental science and chemistry from Northern State University
  in 1974, she went to work for the South Dakota Parks and Wildlife
  Department; and
         WHEREAS, In 1983, she obtained her doctoral degree in
  veterinary medicine from Iowa State University and began practicing
  in Midland; additionally, she participated in graduate programs in
  theriogenology at the University of Illinois and at Texas A&M
  University; she moved to Sweetwater in 1993 and worked alongside
  her husband, Dr. Bud Alldredge, at Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital,
  where she was known for the kindness that she showed to both animals
  and their owners; and
         WHEREAS, Dr. Hicks-Alldredge was committed to serving her
  community as well; she led her local Rotary Club for a term as
  president and was honored by the organization as a Paul Harris
  Fellow; she was also devoted to her faith as a member of the
  Presbyterian Church; and
         WHEREAS, A professional of great skill and compassion, Karen
  Hicks-Alldredge touched countless lives, and she will forever hold
  a treasured place in the hearts of those she leaves behind; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Karen
  Hicks-Alldredge and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her
  family: to her husband, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge Jr.; to her parents,
  Delores Audis and Orville Hicks; to her siblings, Sherry Hirsch and
  her husband, V. J., Jim Hicks and his wife, Deb, and Gary Hicks and
  his wife, Deb; to her stepchildren, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge III and his
  wife, Kelly, and Michelle LaMendola and her husband, Tom; to her
  step-grandchildren, Isabella and Nicholas LaMendola, Chase
  Alldredge, Melissa Primeaux and her husband, Jonathan, Dillion
  Martin and his wife, Crystal, and Courtney Porter; to her nieces and
  nephews, John Hirsch and his wife, Candice, Samantha Goodman and
  her husband, Kevin, Tara Knapp and her husband, Craig, Alicia
  Malstrom and her husband, Stephen, James, Tara, and Eli Hicks, and
  Tanya Tubbs; to her five step-great-grandchildren; and to her other
  relatives and friends; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
  Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Karen
  Hicks-Alldredge.