H.R. No. 2283


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the profound sadness felt by the family and friends of David and Carole Mahnke of Palacios, who died on May 4, 2005; and WHEREAS, Longtime residents of Brenham, the couple were natives of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they were married on August 10, 1963; and WHEREAS, Born on May 12, 1944, Mrs. Mahnke graduated from Muskego High School in Muskego, Wisconsin; in recent years, she was an active volunteer for Pets for Pals, a local animal shelter, and a dedicated member, along with her husband, of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Palacios; and WHEREAS, Mr. Mahnke was born on April 22, 1942, and graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran High School; he was a financial advisor for Texas Financial, which provides investment advice and insurance to numerous residents in the Coastal Bend area, and a former member of the Brenham Lions Club; and WHEREAS, Although they will be greatly missed, Mr. and Mrs. Mahnke will long be remembered for their adventurous spirit and for the kindness and generosity they bestowed on all who were privileged to know them; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the lives of David and Carole Mahnke and extend deepest sympathy to the members of their family: to their daughters, Doreen Marie Hughes and her husband, David, Darlene Michelle Stone and her husband, Eric, and Denise Melanie Romo and her husband, Joel; to their son, David Michael "Mike" Mahnke; to their grandchildren, Dylan Hughes, Dawson Hughes, Emily Stone, Robert Mueller, Johnson Mueller, and Andrew Mueller; to her brother, Robert "Bob" Hemke and his wife, Judy; to his sisters, Judith Nimmer and her husband, Donald, Kathleen McDonald and her husband, James, and Kay Wielgosh and her husband, Patrick; to his brother William "Bill" Mahnke and his wife, Ruth; and to their other relatives and many friends; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for their family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of David and Carole Mahnke. Kolkhorst 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. 2283 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 30, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House