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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Dalhart lost an esteemed community |
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leader with the death of Mayor Phillip Dale Hass on October 25, |
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2020, at the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, Phillip Hass was born to Velma Lucille and Marvin |
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Samuel Hass on February 24, 1956, in Clovis, New Mexico, and he grew |
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up with the companionship of six siblings, Jim, Sara, Betty, |
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Barbara, Robert, and Don; following his graduation from Clovis High |
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School, he attended the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service and |
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went on to become a licensed funeral director in New Mexico and |
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Texas; in 1982, he joined the Schooler-Gordon Funeral Home in |
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Dalhart and later became the owner and operator of Horizon Funeral |
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Home; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his nearly four decades in |
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Dalhart, Mayor Hass dedicated himself to civic life as an active |
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member and former president of both the Lions Club and the Dalhart |
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Area Chamber of Commerce; he also served on the City of Dalhart's |
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Economic Development Board, Planning and Zoning Board, and Advisory |
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Board; a longtime member of the Dalhart City Council, he was elected |
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as mayor in 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mayor Hass drew inspiration |
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from the rewarding relationship he shared with Catherine Lenz |
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Morgan; he took great pride in his children, Whitney and Cory, and |
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his seven grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his community, Phillip Hass made a |
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meaningful difference in the lives of many, and his contributions |
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will be fondly remembered for years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable Phillip |
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Dale Hass and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family; to his daughter, Whitney Powers, and her husband, Jonathan; |
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to his son, Cory Hass, and his wife, Ashley; to his grandchildren, |
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Chandler, Elijah, Harper, Caiden, Wesson, Declan, and Briar; to the |
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love of his life, Catherine Lenz Morgan; to his "bonus" children, |
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Kyra Morgan, Austin Womble, and Garrard Morgan; to his brother, Jim |
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Hass, and his wife, Judy; to his sisters, Sara Hass Kelly, Betty |
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Perry and her husband, O.D., and Barbara Barraza and her husband, |
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Ed; to his sister-in-law, Wanda Hass; and to his other relatives and |
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many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Phillip |
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Hass. |