79R4873 BJM-D

By:  Quintanilla                                                  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.