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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Rosa Jane Cigainero of Jacksonville, who passed away on |
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April 18, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 27, 1941, in Greensburg, Indiana, |
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Mrs. Cigainero was the daughter of Clarence E. and Sarah Estelle |
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Davis and was raised in Texarkana; she graduated from Sacred Heart |
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Academy in 1960 and earned her bachelor's degree from The |
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University of Texas at Tyler and her master's degree from Stephen F. |
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Austin State University; an educator for 28 years, she taught fifth |
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grade at East Side Elementary and seventh-grade language arts at |
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Jacksonville Middle School; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cigainero excelled in her role as wife and |
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mother; she married her childhood sweetheart, Larry Joe Cigainero, |
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in 1962, and they lovingly raised two children, their daughter, |
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Laura, and their late son, Joey; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her professional and family |
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responsibilities, Mrs. Cigainero was active in Our Lady of Sorrows |
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Catholic Church, where she served as a cantor for 35 years, and she |
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was president of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma for two |
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years; in her leisure time, she enjoyed dancing, traveling in her |
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RV, spending time with loved ones, and playing mah-jongg; and |
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WHEREAS, Held in high regard by all who knew her, Rosa Jane |
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Cigainero dedicated her life to her family and to teaching, and the |
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memory of the care and concern that she showed for others will |
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continue to inspire all who knew 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 pay tribute to the life of Rosa Jane Cigainero |
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and offer condolences to the members of her family: to her husband, |
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Larry Joe Cigainero; to her daughter, Laura Pitts and her husband, |
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Andrew; to her grandsons, Joey, Jeffrey, and Jeremy Pitts; 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 Rosa Jane |
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Cigainero. |
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Hopson |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1983 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 18, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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