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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Maria Hermelinda Saenz Perez of Laredo, who passed away on March |
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30, 2011, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Rafael and Maria Saenz on February 11, 1921, |
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Mrs. Perez grew up during the Great Depression, an experience that |
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forged her strong moral compass and generous spirit; to help her |
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family weather those difficult years, she left school at an early |
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age and pitched in to assist with raising her siblings and to work |
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with her father on his dairy farm; every morning she would rise |
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early to help him on his milk delivery, after which they would |
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divide the remaining milk and distribute it to the poor in their |
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neighborhood; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Perez and the love of her life, Arnulfo Perez, |
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Jr., enjoyed a rewarding marriage of nearly 60 years, until his |
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passing; deeply devoted to her family, she was blessed with 6 |
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children, Frances, Yolanda, Arnulfo Rafael, Juanita, Norma, and |
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Arnulfo Perez III, as well as 11 grandchildren and 14 |
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great-grandchildren; she put her loved ones before all else and |
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helped them in myriad ways, often going without small luxuries in |
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order to better provide for them; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mrs. Perez was guided by her |
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abiding Catholic faith; she stressed to her family the importance |
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of obtaining an education, and she set an example for others by |
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returning to school when she was in her fifties to complete her own |
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studies; an avid reader, she also had a great passion for politics |
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and current events; and |
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WHEREAS, A beloved mother, grandmother, and |
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great-grandmother, Maria Hermelinda Saenz Perez lived a caring and |
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purposeful life centered around her faith and her family, and those |
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who were privileged to share in her love and affection will forever |
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hold her close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Maria Hermelinda |
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Saenz Perez and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Frances Medina and her husband, Juan, |
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Yolanda Villafranca and her husband, Ramon, Arnulfo Rafael Perez |
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and his wife, Maria Eugenia, Juanita Wilson and her husband, Cliff, |
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and Norma Martinez and her husband, Roberto Martinez, Jr.; to her |
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grandchildren, John Medina, Jessica Bowman, Jennifer Chandler, |
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Raquel Schwartz, Ramon Villafranca, Victor Villafranca, Mario |
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Villafranca, Monica Zubeldia, Rolando Perez, Norma Martinez, and |
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Mirella Martinez; to her great-grandchildren; to her brothers and |
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sister-in-law, Rafael and Angelica Saenz and Pedro Saenz; to her |
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sisters and brother-in-law, Irma Morales, Nestora Martinez, and |
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Maria and Romero Rodriquez; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Maria |
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Hermelinda Saenz Perez. |
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Raymond |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2361 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 30, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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