Bill Text: TX HR1157 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Loretta Katherine Robles Garcia.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-24 - Reported enrolled [HR1157 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1157-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1157 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
of Loretta Katherine Robles Garcia, who passed away on February 9, | ||
2019, at the age of 65; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Peter and Cecilia Robles Garcia, | ||
Loretta Garcia was born on August 11, 1953, and she graduated from | ||
Thomas Jefferson High School in 1972; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Garcia went on to attend Durham Business | ||
College, where she graduated in 1973; for a number of years, she | ||
found employment through the Unicorn Centers, and she held several | ||
positions at Burlington Coat Factory; from 1973 to 1991, she | ||
assisted her mother at the Garcia Jewelry Manufacturing Company, | ||
and she later worked for another Garcia family business, Division | ||
Laundry and Cleaners; for 17 years, she helped her mother care for | ||
her father, until his death; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2008, Ms. Garcia became the caregiver of her | ||
mother, looking after her until her mother passed away in 2010; in | ||
the remaining years of her life, Ms. Garcia lived in semiretirement | ||
in the family home, fulfilling her promise to her late parents to | ||
look after the house; and | ||
WHEREAS, A loving daughter, sister, and aunt, Loretta Garcia | ||
illuminated the lives of family and friends with the warmth of her | ||
smile and her sense of humor, and memories of time spent in her | ||
company will remain to comfort all those who were privileged enough | ||
to know her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Loretta Katherine | ||
Robles Garcia and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
family: to her brother, Patrick Garcia, and his wife, Mary Helen | ||
Garcia; to her nieces and nephew, Patricia, Theresa, and Patrick; | ||
to her great-niece, Emma Ann; 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 Loretta | ||
Katherine Robles Garcia. | ||
Minjarez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1157 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 18, 2019. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||