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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Betty Lanfer of Coppell passed away on March 25, |
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2015, at the age of 86, leaving her circle of family and friends to |
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cherish their many happy memories of time spent in her company; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Benjamin and Marie Burnett, |
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Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Burnett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, |
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on November 17, 1928; while working for American Airlines in Fort |
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Worth, she met her future husband, William Anthony Lanfer; and |
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WHEREAS, The couple married in 1953, and during the course of |
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a richly rewarding union, they became the proud parents of six |
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beloved children, Amy, Bill, Jane, Paul, Mary, and John; over the |
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years, their family continued to grow with the addition of six |
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grandchildren, Angela, Brian, Chase, Chad, Brittany, and Anna, and |
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six great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Lanfer founded Sacred Heart Books and Gifts in |
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Dallas in 1979, and the store remains successful today; a devout |
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Catholic, she was honored with the Cardinal Mindszenty Motherhood |
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Award in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, Betty Lanfer led a rich and purposeful life centered |
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around her faith and her family, and she will long be remembered |
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with deep affection by all who were privileged to know her; 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 life of Betty Lanfer and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughters, Amy Prejean and her husband, Louis, and Jane Smith and |
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her husband, Rick; to her sons, Bill Lanfer and his wife, Kathy, and |
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Paul Lanfer; to her grandchildren, Angela Begue Hammett, Brian |
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Begue, Chase Lanfer, Chad Lanfer, Brittany Gauntt, and Anna Chmiel; |
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to her six great-grandchildren; and to her 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Betty |
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Lanfer. |