Bill Text: TX HR255 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Daniel G. San Miguel, Jr., of San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR255 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR255-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Daniel G. San Miguel, Jr., of San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR255 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR255-Introduced.html
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By: McClendon | H.R. No. 255 |
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WHEREAS, The city of San Antonio sustained a great loss on | ||
June 21, 2013, with the death of Daniel G. San Miguel, Jr., the | ||
father of our esteemed colleague, Senator Leticia Van de Putte, and | ||
a beloved resident of the community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born on May 29, 1931, Mr. San Miguel was the son of | ||
Daniel and Velia San Miguel; he grew up in the old Mercado area of | ||
San Antonio, where his father was the proprietor of La Botica | ||
Guadalupana on Produce Row in what is now Market Square; after | ||
graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School, he went on to attend | ||
St. Mary's University, and in his junior year, he won a national | ||
poetry contest; he later proudly served his country in the United | ||
States Army during the Korean War; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. San Miguel taught English and coached in the | ||
Edgewood Independent School District before transitioning to a | ||
career as an investigator; he served Bexar County as a deputy | ||
sheriff and as an investigator for the district attorney's and | ||
county coroner's offices, and for more than two decades, he was a | ||
private investigator for a number of prestigious law firms and | ||
other clients; in addition, he served as director of the City of San | ||
Antonio Model Cities Program; and | ||
WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Mr. San Miguel shared his love | ||
of sports with his children by coaching their CYO baseball, track, | ||
and Pony League teams; as they grew older, he expanded his volunteer | ||
endeavors, working on political campaigns, participating in | ||
veterans' events, and giving inspirational talks and poetry | ||
readings; he gave generously of his time and talents as a frequent | ||
guest at Harmony Schools, where he recited poems and encouraged | ||
patriotism by reading to the students about United States history, | ||
the military, and the nation's great leaders; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2004, Mr. San Miguel published a collection of | ||
autobiographical poems entitled The Winter of My Years, and he | ||
wrote movingly in the title verse, "I have no answers, no | ||
regrets/only the experience of life and memories"; he subsequently | ||
received the Hispanic Heritage Award from La Prensa, and he was | ||
awarded a Fulbright-Hays grant as well; and | ||
WHEREAS, Daniel San Miguel touched many hearts through his | ||
poetry and his many kind acts, and his commitment to his family, his | ||
community, and his country will remain a lasting source of | ||
inspiration to those he has left behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
Daniel G. San Miguel, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the | ||
members of his family: to his wife of 35 years, Barbara San Miguel; | ||
to his children, Senator Leticia Van de Putte and her husband, Pete, | ||
Daniel San Miguel III, Annabelle Garcia and her husband, federal | ||
Judge Orlando Garcia, Rosanne Valenzuela and her husband, Pastor | ||
John Valenzuela, and Roland San Miguel and his wife, Cindy, and to | ||
their mother, Belle San Miguel Ortiz; to his grandchildren, | ||
Dr. Nichole Van de Putte-Stiles and her husband, Jason, Vanessa Van | ||
de Putte, Henry P. Van de Putte III and his wife, Rena, Gregory Van | ||
de Putte and his wife, Samantha Isaacs, Isabella Van de Putte, Paul | ||
Van de Putte, Andrea Gonzales, Daniel San Miguel IV, Adriana San | ||
Miguel, Angela San Miguel, Yvonne Valenzuela, Moses Valenzuela, | ||
Megan Valenzuela, Brian Valenzuela, Timothy Valenzuela, Sean | ||
Valenzuela, Juan Rolando San Miguel, and Alejandro San Miguel; to | ||
his great-grandchildren, Julian, Jove, and Marlo Stiles, Elliot | ||
Taylor, and Asher Van de Putte; to his sisters-in-law, Mary Louise | ||
San Miguel and Elanora Hurst; to his brother-in-law, Sydney | ||
Spencer; and to his many 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 Daniel G. | ||
San Miguel, Jr. |