Bill Text: TX SR278 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Gerald Lee Kunkle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-02 - Reported enrolled [SR278 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR278-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Gerald Lee Kunkle | ||
| WHEREAS, The citizens of Collin County lost an admired | ||
| public servant with the passing of Constable Gerald Lee Kunkle on | ||
| February 13, 2015, at the age of 76; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born on February 14, 1938, in Shreveport, Louisiana, | ||
| Jerry Kunkle was the son of Benjamin and Helen Kunkle; he served for | ||
| three years with the military police in the United States Marine | ||
| Corps, where he was stationed in Honolulu and excelled at playing | ||
| football for the corps; after he was discharged in 1959, he returned | ||
| home and attended the University of North Texas on a football | ||
| scholarship; he married the former Hannah Dungan on October 3, 1961, | ||
| and the couple raised four children; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Constable Kunkle began working for Collin County | ||
| as a deputy sheriff in 1962 and was soon promoted to chief deputy; | ||
| he worked briefly as a radio station manager before returning to | ||
| work for the county as an adult probation officer in 1971, | ||
| eventually reassuming the role of chief deputy; in 1979, he was | ||
| appointed to the office of Precinct 1 constable, and he continued | ||
| to be reelected to that position until his retirement in 2008; | ||
| over the course of a tenure that spanned nearly three decades, a | ||
| number of new programs were launched, including the | ||
| establishment of the warrant division; he was named Texas | ||
| Constable of the Year in 1997; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Further contributing to his professional | ||
| community, Constable Kunkle served as president of the Justices | ||
| of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas, and he received | ||
| the association's highest honor, the T. A. Vines Award, in 2003; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A devoted family man and a dedicated public | ||
| servant, Jerry Kunkle will be deeply missed, but the integrity | ||
| and optimism with which he lived his life will forever inspire | ||
| all who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Constable Gerald | ||
| Lee Kunkle and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his | ||
| family: to his wife, Hannah Kunkle; to his children, Mark, | ||
| Kimberly, and Matt Kunkle and Keri Hardin; to his grandchildren, | ||
| Mason, Morgan, Miles, and Mendel Kunkle and Hayden Hardin; to his | ||
| great-grandson, Hagen Kunkle; to his stepfather, Edward | ||
| R. McGehee; 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 Senate adjourns | ||
| this day, it do so in memory of Jerry Kunkle. | ||
| Taylor of Collin | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 2, 2015, by a | ||
| rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
