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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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Mary Eugenia Curvin on October 19, 2006, yet the memory of her full |
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and rewarding life may offer a measure of comfort in their time of |
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loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Known as Gene to her family and friends, Mrs. Curvin |
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was born on December 24, 1916, in Roodhouse, Illinois; she attended |
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Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and worked at the Chicago law |
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firm of her uncle, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Floyd E. |
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Thompson; she married Bernard A. Curvin on June 17, 1939, in |
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Springfield, Illinois, and together this devoted couple raised 10 |
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children; and |
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WHEREAS, The Curvin family lived in many different states, |
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including Illinois, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Texas, and Kansas, due |
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to Mr. Curvin's work, which included assignments with the United |
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States Survey Office; Mrs. Curvin was a homemaker who took great |
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pride in caring for her children and husband; and |
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WHEREAS, The death of Bernard Curvin after 42 years of |
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marriage was difficult for Mrs. Curvin, but she relied on her devout |
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Catholic faith and the support of loving family members and friends |
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to help her through that difficult time; and |
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WHEREAS, A resident of Norman, Oklahoma, for many years, Gene |
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Curvin was an asset to her community; she was an active member of |
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the St. Thomas More Catholic Church and devoted extensive time to |
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the Birthright and Hospice organizations; she also welcomed foreign |
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students into her home for 12 years, sponsoring them during their |
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studies at the University of Oklahoma; and |
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WHEREAS, With her warm spirit and abiding concern for her |
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loved ones, Gene Curvin created a legacy of compassion, and her kind |
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and caring nature will continue to inspire those who were fortunate |
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enough to have known her; 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 life of Mary Eugenia Curvin and offer |
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sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her sons, |
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Danny, Patrick, and Joseph Curvin; to her daughters, Suellen Heard |
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and her husband, Jack, Kathleen Novas and her husband, Mark, |
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Margaret Jernigan and her husband, Gene, Teresa Medford, Jeannie |
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Aiken and her husband, James, and Carol Sietz and her husband, |
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Geoff; to her 30 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; and to |
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her other relatives and many 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 |
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Eugenia Curvin. |