Bill Text: TX HR267 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Richard Dix Diehl of Dickinson.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR267 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR267-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 267 |
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WHEREAS, Residents of Dickinson lost a beloved neighbor and | ||
admired community leader with the passing of Richard Dix Diehl on | ||
July 20, 2010, at the age of 83; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Hightower, "RD" Diehl was born on August | ||
27, 1926, to Walter and Alma Diehl; he served this nation as a | ||
member of the Army Air Corps during World War II and went on to have | ||
a notable 33-year career as a valued employee of Union Carbide; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Diehl further distinguished himself through his | ||
service in behalf of area citizens; president of Galveston County | ||
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 for a quarter-century, | ||
he also served as president and director of the North Galveston | ||
County Chamber of Commerce and as director of the Harris-Galveston | ||
Subsidence District; moreover, he benefited the Association of | ||
Water Board Directors, leading the group as director from 2003 | ||
until 2009; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Diehl shared more than six decades of marriage | ||
with his wife, Nelda, and he took great pride in their children, | ||
Rick and Brenda, as well as their six granddaughters and eight | ||
great-granddaughters; in addition to spending time with his loved | ||
ones, this avid pilot enjoyed flying throughout his life; and | ||
WHEREAS, "RD" Diehl is deeply missed, and memories of him | ||
will long serve to comfort and inspire those he leaves behind; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Richard Dix Diehl and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
Nelda Fay Diehl; to his son, Rick Diehl, and his wife, Beth; to his | ||
daughter, Brenda Brock, and her husband, John; to his brothers, | ||
Robert, William, and Ronald Diehl; to his granddaughters, Cristi | ||
Finney, Tranette Whitfield, Julie Brinkley, Cari Pease, Jennifer | ||
Diehl, and Holly Teague; to his great-granddaughters, Taylor | ||
Finney, Jordan Finney, Sydney McCrory, Brooklyn Ochoa, Avery | ||
Brinkley, Cameron Whitfield, Chandler Brinkley, and Piper Pease; | ||
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 Richard Dix | ||
Diehl. | ||
Callegari | ||
Eiland | ||
Smith of Harris | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 267 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on February 24, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||