Bill Text: TX HR2469 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Melicia "Mitzie" Olivarez of Rio Grande City.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2469 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2469-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2469 |
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to | ||
a close with the passing of Melicia Olivarez of Rio Grande City on | ||
March 16, 2023, at the age of 56; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former "Mitzie" Castillo was born on | ||
September 14, 1966, to Innocente and Alma Castillo, and she grew up | ||
with three siblings, Rene, Cosme, and Orlando; a longtime employee | ||
of the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District, she | ||
worked for 27 years as a secretary for the gifted and talented | ||
program and later as a curriculum department secretary; over the | ||
course of her exemplary career, she distinguished herself through | ||
her strong work ethic, her organizational skills, and her generous | ||
and helpful nature; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Olivarez was deeply devoted to her parish, | ||
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and to the students she | ||
taught in second grade communion and in confirmation classes; she | ||
wrote the religious education curriculum for her church, and she | ||
served as a catechist for 28 years; in the midst of life's | ||
challenges, she was sustained by her strong faith, and she was an | ||
inspiration to others as they faced difficulties of their own; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Olivarez enjoyed the love | ||
and support of her husband, Rogerio Olivarez, with whom she shared a | ||
rewarding marriage spanning nearly four decades; she was the proud | ||
mother of a daughter, Monique, and she became a mother figure to | ||
many students at Rio Grande City High School during her husband's | ||
tenure as the head band director there; and | ||
WHEREAS, While the death of Mitzie Olivarez brings great | ||
sadness to her loved ones, she leaves behind a legacy that will long | ||
be treasured by all those who held her dear; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Melicia Olivarez | ||
and extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her | ||
husband, Rogerio Olivarez; to her daughter, Monique Rene Olivarez; | ||
to her parents, Innocente and Alma Castillo; to her brothers, Rene | ||
Fuentes and his wife, Cynthia, Cosme Castillo and his wife, Rachel, | ||
and Orlando Castillo and his wife, Letty; to her honorary sisters, | ||
Velma Esparza and Araceli Barrientos; 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 Mitzie | ||
Olivarez. | ||
Guillen | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2469 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 29, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||