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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends have sustained a deep loss with |
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the untimely passing of Mary G. Cruz of San Antonio on November 24, |
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2006; and |
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WHEREAS, The mother-in-law of the Honorable Frank Madla, a |
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longtime Texas state representative and senator, Mrs. Cruz was born |
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on December 24, 1924; she was the devoted wife of Louis Cruz, with |
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whom she shared a happy and rewarding union of 44 years, until his |
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death in 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, Endowed with a great capacity for hard work and a |
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keen interest in seeing to the successful dispatch of all |
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undertakings within her purview, she helped to manage the couple's |
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business, a grocery store and party house, and supervised, on a more |
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informal basis, all manner of family projects, from tinkering |
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around under the hood to making tamales; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cruz embraced life with a generous heart and |
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exuberant spirit; many things gave her joy: cooking and baking, |
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visiting with family, friends, and neighbors over coffee and |
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cookies, crocheting beautiful afghans and giving them to her family |
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and to every new baby, and spending time in her garden, tending her |
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roses and other flowers and swinging by the pond as she watched her |
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koi swim; and |
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WHEREAS, She laughed easily and often and delighted in |
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festive gatherings; an accomplished dancer, Mrs. Cruz also loved |
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mariachi music and would join enthusiastically in the singing; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Cruz was greatly treasured by all who shared in |
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the warmth of her friendship and affection, and those who were |
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privileged to be a part of the world she graced will forever hold |
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her close in their hearts; now, 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 Mary G. Cruz and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Hope McAnulty, Mary Ann Cruz, Gina Garcia, Gloria Knauf, |
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Helen Madla, Diane Cruz, Louis Cruz, Jr., and Robert Cruz; to her 13 |
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grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and to her many other |
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relatives and friends; 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 Mary G. |
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Cruz. |