H.R. No. 366


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The passing of Major Leo Telchik, Sr., U.S. Army (Ret.), of Houston, on August 5, 2004, has brought a great loss to his family and friends; and WHEREAS, A respected resident of Spring Branch for many years, Major Telchik served proudly in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War; after retiring from the army, he was employed by Glidden Electronics for 20 years; and WHEREAS, The devoted patriarch of a loving family, he was married to Mary E. Telchik, with whom he shared a close and fulfilling relationship, and he cherished each of his children, his five daughters and his son, as well as his 12 grandchildren; and WHEREAS, Leo Telchik lived a full and productive life, and although he will be deeply missed, his memory will live on in the hearts of those who were privileged to have shared his love and friendship; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Leo Telchik, Sr., and that deepest sympathy be extended to the members of his family: to his wife, Mary E. Telchik; to his daughters, Kathy Beaver and her husband, Tommy, Martha Graham and her husband, Greg, Rebecca Winfree and her husband, Andy, Susan Telchik, and Dorothy Russell and her husband, Stephen; to his son, Leo Telchik, Jr., and his wife, Marilou; to his 12 grandchildren; to his two sisters; and to the other relatives and 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 Major Leo Telchik, Sr. Bohac 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. 366 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on February 24, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House