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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Iona Vasbinder of Del Rio passed away on October 8, |
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2006, leaving her circle of family and friends with many happy |
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memories of time spent in her company; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Vasbinder was born on January 7, 1914, in |
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Soper, Oklahoma; a resident of Del Rio since 1929, she worked as a |
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study advisor with the local school district and became active in |
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the PTA, which she served as 6th District president; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Vasbinder's desire to help others extended |
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beyond the public school arena; she held leadership positions with |
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the Val Verde Tuberculosis Association and the National Foundation |
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for Polio and Birth Defects, and was appointed to the Governor's |
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Task Force for Mental Health; she was a member of the First |
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Presbyterian Church and served as president of the women of the |
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church; and |
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WHEREAS, Passionate about her political beliefs, she shared |
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her dedication and vision with the Democratic Party and held the |
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position of Val Verde County Democratic chair; and |
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WHEREAS, Iona Vasbinder was beloved for her great strength of |
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character and generous spirit; she exemplified the qualities of |
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leadership that foster strong, caring communities, and she will |
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long be remembered with warm affection for the causes she |
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championed and the lives she enriched; 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 Iona Vasbinder and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Mitzi Vasbinder, Gary Vasbinder, Cherill Koog, and Helen |
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"Bunny" Whealton; to her grandchildren, Jay Koog, Joel Koog, Theron |
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Vasbinder, Amy Moore, Nicole Beaman, and Kristin Jeffery; to her 13 |
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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 Iona |
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Vasbinder. |