H.R. No. 278
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The passing of Mike Franco of Clint on January 10,
2005, at the age of 71, has brought a profound loss to the family and
many friends of this respected Texan; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Franco had a 36-year career with the federal
government; a veteran of the Korean War, where he served in the U.S.
Army, he retired as an immigration inspector with the Immigration
and Naturalization Service; and
WHEREAS, This beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother,
and lifelong Clint resident was also a member of the San Lorenzo
Catholic Church, where he earned the lasting respect and sincere
admiration of his fellow parishioners; and
WHEREAS, Although he will be deeply missed, Mike Franco's
legacy of service to others, as well as his love of family and
community, will undoubtedly live on in the hearts of all those whose
lives he touched; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Mike Franco
and extend sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of 49
years, Adelina A. Franco; to his sons, Mike Franco, Jr., Norman
Franco, and Ron Franco and his wife, Julie; to his daughters, Yvonne
Franco, Rachel Segura and her husband, Robert, Amanda Franco and
her husband, Cruz Valles, Jr., Diana Altenhoff and her husband,
Dwight, Corinne Kinley and her husband, Richard, Margie Franco, and
Lina Franco; to his grandchildren, Michelle, Christopher, Michael,
Shauna, Richie, Megan, Jacob, Alan, Matthew, Andrea, John, Sarah,
Breanna, Katelyn, Nathan, Elizabeth, and Joel; to his
great-grandson, Dante; to his brothers, Enrique and Juan Franco,
Jr.; to his sisters, Alicia Grijalva, Maria de Jesus Franco, and
Maria Antonia Macias; and to the other relatives and many friends of
this esteemed man; 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 Mike
Franco.
Quintanilla
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 278 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on February 24, 2005.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House