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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were saddened by the passing of |
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Phyllis Keidel of Kerrville on September 7, 2006, yet the memory of |
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her full and rewarding life may offer a measure of comfort in their |
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time of loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on May 17, 1921, in Geraldine, Montana, to H. |
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Rhea Elwell and Edith Rebecca Foster Elwell, Mrs. Keidel was a |
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descendant of a pioneer family who homesteaded in that state; as a |
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child, she lived with her family in the Iowa towns of Waterloo and |
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Grinnell; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Phyllis Elwell exchanged wedding vows |
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with Dr. Robert Pfeiffer Keidel on July 11, 1942, in a ceremony held |
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in Kansas City, Missouri, and the couple shared nearly three |
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decades of marriage until his passing in 1969; and |
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WHEREAS, A respected resident of Kerrville and congregant of |
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church since 1961, Mrs. Keidel worked for the |
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Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library and the City of Kerrville |
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following the death of her husband; she was a charter member and the |
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first elected president of the Republican Women of Kerr County and |
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hosted the initial local Republican primary for her precinct in her |
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living room; and |
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WHEREAS, Held in the highest regard by all who knew her, |
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Phyllis Keidel brought a generosity of spirit and an unfailing |
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integrity to all her endeavors, and she built a life that was |
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remarkably rich in family, friends, and accomplishments; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Phyllis Keidel and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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daughters, Phyllis Ann Burkett and Connie Mayes and her husband, |
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Sam; to her sons, Robert Kurt Keidel and his wife, Darlene, and |
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Richard Rhea Keidel; to her twin sister, Lois Vakos; to her brother, |
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Richard Elwell and his wife, Susan; to her grandchildren, Diana |
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Kimberly, Joseph Burkett IV, Brent Mayes, Amanda Mayes, Robert |
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Keidel, CeCe Thompson, Gretchen Rogers, and Comfort Keidel; to her |
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nine great-grandchildren; and to all who mourn the passing of this |
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beloved woman; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Phyllis |
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Keidel. |