Bill Text: TX HR912 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Felix Landin Jr. of Corpus Christi.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-14 - Reported enrolled [HR912 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR912-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 912 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
of Felix Landin Jr. of Corpus Christi, who passed away on | ||
December 15, 2021, at the age of 80; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Mary S. Landin and Felix Landin Sr., Felix | ||
Landin was born on October 8, 1941, and he grew up with the | ||
companionship of four siblings, Mary Alice, Lena, Amando, and | ||
Armando; after graduating from Tuloso-Midway High School in 1962, | ||
he joined the Texas Army National Guard and completed assignments | ||
at Missouri and California; he later served in the reserve for six | ||
years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Landin began his career in retail with the Gulf | ||
Merchandising Company, and he went on to take a position with the | ||
Woolco Department Store in Corpus Christi before working as a | ||
division manager in Laredo and as an assistant store manager in | ||
Brownsville; he was subsequently employed with Gibson Discount | ||
Stores in Brownsville and Corpus Christi; he joined the Gibraltar | ||
Mausoleum Corporation, and he became a manager at cemeteries in | ||
Robstown and Corpus Christi; after a brief retirement, he returned | ||
to work at Memory Gardens Cemetery for five years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Highly engaged in his community, Mr. Landin served | ||
as vice president of the Tuloso-Midway Independent School District | ||
Board of Trustees, and he was a former member and grant chair of the | ||
Tuloso-Midway ISD Education Foundation; he was also involved in | ||
numerous other civic organizations, including Boy Scouts of | ||
America, Corpus Christi Bay Kiwanis, the American G.I. Forum of | ||
Texas, and American Legion Post 364; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Landin enjoyed the love | ||
and support of his wife, Yolanda, with whom he shared 58 years, and | ||
he took great pride in his four children, Felix IV, Aldo Allen, | ||
Erika Lanette, and Alex, who preceded his father in death; with the | ||
passage of time, his treasured family grew to include six | ||
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Felix Landin lived a life that was rich in personal | ||
and professional achievements, and he will forever be a source of | ||
inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Felix Landin Jr. | ||
and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; 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 Felix | ||
Landin. | ||
Herrero | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 912 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 14, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||