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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with many joyful times and |
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loving moments may comfort the family and friends of Ruperta Moreno |
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Escobar of Corpus Christi, who passed away on February 22, 2007, at |
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the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on March 27, 1911, in Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, |
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Mexico, Ruperta Moreno moved with her family to Asherton, Texas, at |
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the age of four; she grew up on the William Clements Ranch, where |
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her father was employed, and where, when she was 21, she met her |
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future husband, Juan G. Escobar; after a two-year courtship, the |
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couple married on February 11, 1934, and made their home in Corpus |
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Christi; they shared a half-century of marriage before Mr. |
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Escobar's passing in 1984, and they took great pride in their |
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children, Juan M. Escobar, Jr., Antonio, Yolanda, Gloria, and |
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Robert; and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime member of Christ the King Catholic |
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Church, Mrs. Escobar was cherished by her family and friends for her |
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generous and compassionate nature, and she will long be remembered |
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by all those whose lives she so richly blessed with her wisdom and |
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kindness; 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 Ruperta Moreno |
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Escobar and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her daughters, Yolanda E. Perez and her husband, Ramon, and Gloria |
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M. Escobar; to her son, Robert Escobar and his wife, Laura; to her |
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10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and two |
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great-great-grandchildren; to her sisters, Connie Luna and Lupe |
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Flores; and to her other 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 Ruperta |
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Moreno Escobar. |