Bill Text: TX HR196 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Francis Xavier Flatley of Irving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR196 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR196-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 196 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| death of Francis Xavier Flatley of Irving on January 3, 2013, at the | ||
| age of 84; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Frank Flatley was born in Boston in 1928 to Irish | ||
| immigrants Margaret Kelly and Patrick James Flatley; the oldest of | ||
| 13 children, he had many happy memories of gathering with his | ||
| younger siblings to hear his father play Irish tunes; he graduated | ||
| from St. Mary's Catholic School in Brookline, Massachusetts, and | ||
| was subsequently accepted to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in | ||
| Kings Point, New York; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After graduating, Mr. Flatley proudly served his | ||
| country as a naval officer aboard the USS Kula Gulf; at the end of | ||
| the Korean War, he began working aboard Texaco oil tankers and was | ||
| later employed with Caltex for nearly four decades; he relocated to | ||
| the Dallas area when Caltex moved its headquarters to Irving and | ||
| remained there for the rest of his life; in his later years, he | ||
| worked as a reservations agent for American Airlines, where he was | ||
| warmly regarded by his coworkers for his sense of humor and cheerful | ||
| personality; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Flatley enjoyed a rewarding marriage of more | ||
| than three decades with his first wife, Elda Bello, who passed away | ||
| in 1982; fortunate enough to find love again, he met Paula Fuller | ||
| Bowman on a blind date to a Dallas Cowboys game; they married in | ||
| 1988, and after Mr. Flatley's retirement, the two traveled and | ||
| enjoyed an active social life; they took great pride in their | ||
| blended family, and Mr. Flatley was affectionately known as "Pop" | ||
| to their many grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A devout Catholic, Mr. Flatley attended Mass | ||
| regularly and served as a reader and a Eucharistic minister at | ||
| St. Michael's Catholic Church in Bedford, at the University of | ||
| Dallas, and at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Irving; he was also a | ||
| member of the Serra Foundation, which promotes vocations in the | ||
| Catholic priesthood; in addition, this dynamic Texan served as | ||
| president of the Irving Symphony Orchestra Association and was an | ||
| active member of the Rotary Club of Irving; he and his wife also | ||
| supported local theater and orchestra productions, as well as | ||
| TexasFest, a fund-raiser for the Irving Healthcare Foundation; for | ||
| his dedicated volunteerism, Mr. Flatley received the Irving High | ||
| Spirited Citizen Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With his kind and caring ways, Frank Flatley | ||
| immeasurably enriched the lives of countless people, and they will | ||
| forever hold him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Francis Xavier | ||
| Flatley and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to | ||
| his wife, Paula Flatley; to his children, Gary Flatley, David | ||
| Flatley and his wife, Nan, Elizabeth Pia Richard and her husband, | ||
| Jeffrey, and Brian Flatley; to his stepchildren, Bret Bowman and | ||
| his wife, Deirdre, and Catherine Bowman Bundick and her husband, | ||
| Joel; to his grandchildren, Christopher, Kaitlyn, Meaghan, Kevin, | ||
| Michaela, Monica, and Mathew Flatley, Melissa Malmberg, Andrew | ||
| Costello, Elizabeth Bowman, Brittany, Blaise, and Gabrielle | ||
| Richard, Christine Dixon, and Garrett and Grayson Bundick; to his | ||
| brothers, James Flatley and his wife, Mary, Thomas Flatley and his | ||
| wife, Dorothy, William Flatley and his wife, Louise, Paul Flatley | ||
| and his wife, Joan, the Reverend Brian Flatley, and Kevin Flatley | ||
| and his wife, Cheri; to his sisters, Ellen Corey, Monica McIntyre | ||
| and her husband, Dr. James McIntyre, Sister Mary Flatley, Catherine | ||
| Peters, and Virginia Butler; to his brother-in-law, Dr. Frank | ||
| Pomer; 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 Francis | ||
| Xavier Flatley. | ||
| Harper-Brown | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 196 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on February 18, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
