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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 410
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In Memory |
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Frank and Alice Kelso |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Frank Aulston Kelso and Alice Sue Boyle Kelso of |
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Corpus Christi, who shared nearly seven decades of marriage; and |
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WHEREAS, Frank Kelso was born in Bellville on September 20, |
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1936, and the former Alice Boyle was born the following year in |
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Dumas on November 23; they met at church and married when he was |
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17 and she 16; and |
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WHEREAS, The Kelsos were blessed with four children, |
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Sheri, Frank, Keith, and Jo, and through the years, their |
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treasured family grew to include seven grandchildren and 13 |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Employed for 26 years as a game warden for the |
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State of Texas, Mr. Kelso rose to become a district supervisor, |
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and his career highlights included the capture and release of |
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Bubba, the javelina; following his retirement in 1993, he enjoyed |
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spending time out in his shop, teaching his grandchildren to hunt |
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and fish, and regaling them with tales of his game warden |
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adventures; he had a gift for teaching, and he was always ready to |
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lend a helping hand to family and friends; Mrs. Kelso took great |
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pleasure in caring for her home and family; a wonderful cook, she |
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always made sure no one left their home hungry; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Kelso were inseparable in life, and |
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they died but a few days apart; Mr. Kelso passed away on January |
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9, 2023, at the age of 86, and Mrs. Kelso followed on January 13, |
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2023, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Frank and Alice Kelso are deeply missed, |
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their tremendous devotion to each other will forever remain a |
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source of inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to know |
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them; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the lives of Frank Aulston |
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Kelso and Alice Sue Boyle Kelso and extend sincere condolences to |
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the members of their family: to their son, Frank Allen Kelso, and |
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his wife, Maricela Kelso; to the daughter of their heart, Yolanda |
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Kelso, and her husband, Jim Rogers; to their son-in-law, Adam |
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Adamez; to their grandchildren, Nina Kelso Saunders and her |
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husband, Ryan, Kelsey Kelso Bjork and her husband, Ron, Frank |
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Allen Kelso Jr., Keith Clay Kelso Jr. and his wife, Esperanza, |
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Matthew Kelso and his wife, Kimberly, Dusty Adams Sullivan and |
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her husband, James, Zach Adams and his wife, Britton; to their |
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great-grandchildren, Sebastian and Griffin Saunders, Camila, |
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Scarlett, Addison, and James Clay Kelso, Haley, Emma, Alice, and |
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Frazier Sullivan, and Holly, Cody, and Mason Adams; to |
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Mrs. Kelso's siblings, Lynn Boyle Roque, Patrick Boyle and his |
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wife, Janice, and John Anthony Boyle and his wife, Diane; and to |
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their many other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for their family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Frank and Alice Kelso. |
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LaMantia |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 13, 2023, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |