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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Felix Landin Jr. of Corpus Christi, who passed away on |
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December 15, 2021, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Mary S. Landin and Felix Landin Sr., Felix |
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Landin was born on October 8, 1941, and he grew up with the |
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companionship of four siblings, Mary Alice, Lena, Amando, and |
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Armando; after graduating from Tuloso-Midway High School in 1962, |
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he joined the Texas Army National Guard and completed assignments |
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at Missouri and California; he later served in the reserve for six |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Landin began his career in retail with the Gulf |
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Merchandising Company, and he went on to take a position with the |
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Woolco Department Store in Corpus Christi before working as a |
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division manager in Laredo and as an assistant store manager in |
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Brownsville; he was subsequently employed with Gibson Discount |
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Stores in Brownsville and Corpus Christi; he joined the Gibraltar |
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Mausoleum Corporation, and he became a manager at cemeteries in |
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Robstown and Corpus Christi; after a brief retirement, he returned |
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to work at Memory Gardens Cemetery for five years; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly engaged in his community, Mr. Landin served |
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as vice president of the Tuloso-Midway Independent School District |
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Board of Trustees, and he was a former member and grant chair of the |
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Tuloso-Midway ISD Education Foundation; he was also involved in |
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numerous other civic organizations, including Boy Scouts of |
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America, Corpus Christi Bay Kiwanis, the American G.I. Forum of |
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Texas, and American Legion Post 364; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Landin enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Yolanda, with whom he shared 58 years, and |
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he took great pride in his four children, Felix IV, Aldo Allen, |
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Erika Lanette, and Alex, who preceded his father in death; with the |
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passage of time, his treasured family grew to include six |
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grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Felix Landin lived a life that was rich in personal |
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and professional achievements, and he will forever be a source of |
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inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Felix Landin Jr. |
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and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; 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 Felix |
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Landin. |