Bill Text: TX HR1192 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Erlinda Villasana Reyes of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-23 - Reported enrolled [HR1192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1192-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1192 |
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WHEREAS, Erlinda Villasana Reyes of Dallas passed away on | ||
February 13, 2013, leaving her circle of family and friends to | ||
cherish their many happy memories of time spent in her company; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former Erlinda Villasana was born on November 8, | ||
1921, in Mart; the daughter of sharecroppers, she spent her early | ||
years on a farm before the family relocated to Dallas, where she | ||
attended Cumberland Elementary School; when her mother died, she | ||
took on the role of caretaker for her father and her younger | ||
siblings, and she worked at the Cumberland cafeteria as well as at | ||
several canneries in the area; she later found employment as an | ||
elevator operator at the Adolphus and Baker Hotels in downtown | ||
Dallas; and | ||
WHEREAS, While skating at a local ice rink, she met her future | ||
husband, Catarino Reyes; the couple married on July 21, 1945, and | ||
enjoyed more than three decades together; they were blessed with | ||
twins, Catarino and Nell, and Mrs. Reyes subsequently dedicated | ||
herself full-time to her home and her loved ones; with the passing | ||
years, she took great joy in welcoming into her family four | ||
grandchildren and three great-granddaughters; and | ||
WHEREAS, Erlinda Reyes lived a caring and purposeful life, | ||
and she will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who | ||
held her close to their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Erlinda Villasana | ||
Reyes and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to | ||
her children, Nell Lazcano and her husband, Juan Manuel, and | ||
Catarino Reyes and his wife, Rosie; to her grandchildren, John, | ||
Christopher, Daniel, and Amanda Reyes; to her | ||
great-granddaughters, Chloe, Alyssa, and Raven Reyes; to her | ||
sister, Dora Jimenez; to her sister-in-law, Francis Reyes; and to | ||
her many 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 Erlinda | ||
Villasana Reyes. | ||
Johnson | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1192 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 17, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||