Bill Text: TX HR117 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of former Starr County judge Blas Chapa of Mission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Reported enrolled [HR117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR117-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of former Starr County judge Blas Chapa of Mission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Reported enrolled [HR117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR117-Introduced.html
82S10358 JGH-D | ||
By: Guillen | H.R. No. 117 |
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WHEREAS, Former Starr County judge Blas Chapa of Mission | ||
passed away on May 10, 2010, at the age of 79, leaving his circle of | ||
family and friends to cherish their happy memories of time spent in | ||
his company; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blas Chapa was born in El Refugio on November 29, | ||
1930, to Jose Maria Chapa and Francisca Balderas Chapa; known to his | ||
friends as "Blasito," he learned the value of hard work at an early | ||
age, laboring in produce and cotton fields and walking to school in | ||
Rio Grande City; and | ||
WHEREAS, After graduating from high school in 1948, Judge | ||
Chapa answered his nation's call to duty and joined the U.S. Army; | ||
he served as a medic in Japan and Korea, where he saw action during | ||
the Korean War, earning a number of commendations; and | ||
WHEREAS, He returned to Texas and resumed his education, | ||
working his way through Edinburg Junior College by driving a bus; | ||
while attending college, he met his future wife, Socorro Vera, and | ||
the couple went on to share a loving marriage until her death; | ||
together they were blessed with three children, Blas, Irasema, and | ||
Ileana; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the course of a career in education, Judge | ||
Chapa worked as a teacher and a principal while continuing his | ||
studies, eventually earning a bachelor's degree from Pan American | ||
University; he then entered politics, serving as the district clerk | ||
of Starr County and for two terms as Starr County judge; along the | ||
way, he was also in business as a bookkeeper; and | ||
WHEREAS, A devoted family man and a loyal friend, Judge Chapa | ||
distinguished himself as a gregarious and active member of his | ||
community, and he is remembered with deep affection by all who knew | ||
him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
Judge Blas Chapa and extend sincere condolences to the members of | ||
his family: to his son, Blas Chapa, Jr., and his wife, Clelia; to | ||
his daughters, Irasema Maxwell and her husband, Harold, and Ileana | ||
Vicinaiz and her husband, Victor; to his sisters, Trinidad Chapa, | ||
Marcy Reyes and her husband, Ruben, and Maria Bazan; to his brother, | ||
Jose Chapa, and his wife, Petra; to his grandchildren, Brianna | ||
Maxwell, Blas Chapa III, John Edward Maxwell, Victor V. Vicinaiz | ||
II, Sara I. Vicinaiz, and Miguel Chapa; and to his other relatives | ||
and friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Judge Blas | ||
Chapa. |