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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends of Audrey Perez Cantu were deeply |
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saddened by her death on November 14, 2006, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 10, 1918, in Pearsall, the former |
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Audrey Perez grew up in San Antonio, the daughter of restaurant |
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owners; she married Benny J. Cantu on December 10, 1933, and became |
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a devoted housewife and mother while her husband operated his own |
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drugstore; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cantu began to cook professionally in the 1940s |
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when her husband opened a lunch counter at the drugstore; concerned |
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about being away from her children, she had the idea to move the |
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restaurant into a two-story house, in which the second floor would |
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serve as the family living quarters; established in 1949, Audry's |
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Mexican Restaurant went on to become a local institution, and |
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through the decades, Mrs. Cantu oversaw the kitchen, devised the |
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menus, and cooked; even after her son, Tony, took over the operation |
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in 1980, she remained a steadfast presence, eventually leaving the |
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kitchen for the front desk; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a longtime member and president emeritus of |
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the Sembradores de Amistad de San Antonio, which her husband |
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founded, and she was active in the Pan American League and the |
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Daughters of the Catholic Charity; in addition, she took great |
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delight in playing games around the table with her friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cantu shared more than 46 years of marriage |
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with her husband before his passing in 1980, and the couple were the |
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parents of five children; and |
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WHEREAS, The cherished matriarch of a large family and a |
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valued member of the community, Audrey Cantu will long be |
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remembered with affection by all who shared in the blessings of her |
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life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the memory of Audrey Perez Cantu and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Ben Cantu, Jr., and his wife, Beverly, Audrey Williams |
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and Gerald Koch, Aida Alonso and her husband, Anthony, and Tony |
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Cantu and his wife, Susan; to her sisters, Judy McCoy and Annie |
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Zamarripa and her husband, Pete; to her 12 grandchildren and 16 |
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great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and many friends; |
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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 Audrey |
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Perez Cantu. |
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Martinez Fischer |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 210 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 22, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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