Bill Text: TX HR2205 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Glidden D. O'Connor, Jr., of Waco.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-27 - Reported enrolled [HR2205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2205-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2205 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their | ||
| memories of Glidden Dean O'Connor, Jr., of Waco, who passed away on | ||
| April 17, 2011, at the age of 84; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born on December 17, 1926, in Houston, Glidden | ||
| O'Connor graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in 1944 and | ||
| promptly volunteered for the United States Army Air Corps; he | ||
| served in the Air Transport Command, flying routes in the South | ||
| Pacific during World War II; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. O'Connor attended Baylor | ||
| University and received a degree in chemistry in 1949; he enlisted | ||
| in the U.S. Air Force the following year, serving as a second | ||
| lieutenant with the 17th Bomb Wing of the 5th Air Force in Korea; in | ||
| 1951, while at James Connally Air Force Base, he met Nancy Rohan, a | ||
| longtime Waco resident, and they soon married and went on to share | ||
| nearly 50 years together before her passing and to welcome three | ||
| children, George, Kelly, and Kathleen, into their family; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. O'Connor enjoyed a notable career in the | ||
| wholesale supply business as president of the Rohan and William | ||
| Cameron companies in Waco and the CertainTeed Corporation in | ||
| Pennsylvania, and he was recognized for his professional | ||
| achievements in The Wall Street Journal in 1980; he retired in 1988; | ||
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| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was a member of the board of | ||
| directors of the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce and local | ||
| chapters of the YMCA, the Better Business Bureau, the American | ||
| Heart Association, and the March of Dimes; after his retirement, he | ||
| became a Master Gardener, traveled widely, and supported the Baylor | ||
| Bear Foundation, the Baylor Alumni Association, and the Baylor Lady | ||
| Bear basketball team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A proud patriot, successful businessman, and | ||
| devoted patriarch, Glidden O'Connor, Jr., lived a rich and | ||
| purposeful life, and he will long be remembered with deep affection | ||
| by all who knew him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Glidden D. O'Connor, | ||
| Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to | ||
| his children, George Rohan O'Connor and his wife, Sherry, Kelly | ||
| O'Connor Scheddel and her husband, Jack, and Kathleen O'Connor and | ||
| Loretta Welch; to his sister, Sheila Horne, and her husband, Dell; | ||
| to his grandchildren, Amber O'Connor and her husband, James Webb, | ||
| Flynn O'Connor and his wife, Jacqui, Caitlin O'Connor, Meggan | ||
| McKinzie, Hayley McKinzie, Tamara Hurwitz and her husband, Kevin, | ||
| and Amy Johnston; to his six great-grandchildren; to his close | ||
| friend and companion, Tyla Oswald; 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 Glidden | ||
| D. O'Connor, Jr. | ||
| Anderson of McLennan | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2205 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 26, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
