H.R. No. 20

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Residents of Fair Oaks Ranch lost a beloved neighbor
	and admired community leader with the death of Erwin Louis Gaubatz
	on September 20, 2007, at the age of 75; and
	WHEREAS, Born on October 31, 1931, in San Antonio, to Erwin
	Louis Gaubatz, Sr., and Rosa Lee Gaubatz, "Boots" Gaubatz graduated
	with the Class of 1949 from Thomas Jefferson High School, where he
	had served as student council president; the recipient of a
	baseball scholarship to Southern Methodist University, he played
	third base for the Mustangs and participated in the ROTC program
	before graduating in 1953 with a business administration degree;
	and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Gaubatz served as a first lieutenant in the
	United States Air Force and for a nine-month span directed the DEW
	(Distant Early Warning) Line radar site on the ice cap near Thule,
	Greenland, during the final stages of the Korean War; and
	WHEREAS, After returning to civilian life, Mr. Gaubatz began
	dating June Meredith Durst, and the sweethearts were married on
	September 14, 1957; at about the same time, he joined Southwestern
	Bell Telephone, for which he had worked previously during college;
	his distinguished 38-year tenure with that company culminated in
	his appointment as general manager of network distribution
	services; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Gaubatz and his family moved frequently over the
	course of his career, with his work taking him to a number of
	different cities in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, as well
	as to Washington, D.C.; in each new "hometown," Mr. Gaubatz and his
	wife maintained a busy schedule volunteering at their church and
	their children's schools; Mr. Gaubatz coached many of the youth
	baseball, football, and basketball teams on which his sons played,
	and he also maintained an active role in the Southwestern Bell
	Pioneers, serving in the post of president; Mr. Gaubatz and his
	family returned to the Alamo City in 1980; and
	WHEREAS, This civic-minded gentleman was subsequently
	elected president of the Fair Oaks subdivision homeowners
	association, and when the community was chartered as Fair Oaks
	Ranch in 1988, he became mayor, an office he continued to hold until
	his passing; his unfailing dedication to the duties of his office
	and responsiveness to the concerns of his fellow residents helped
	to make Fair Oaks Ranch an even nicer place in which to live; and
	WHEREAS, Boots Gaubatz left behind a record of immeasurable
	service to his country and his community; he is greatly missed, and
	he will forever be remembered with deep affection by countless
	individuals whose lives were enriched by his kindness and
	encouragement; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Erwin Louis "Boots"
	Gaubatz and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to
	his wife, June Gaubatz; to his sons, Glen, Dean, Brad, and Dale
	Gaubatz; to his grandchildren, Katie, Emily, Trae, Gina, Darby, and
	Antonio; to his brother, Dan Gaubatz, and his wife, MaryEllen; to
	his nephews, Danny and Andrew; and to his other relatives and many
	friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Erwin Louis
	"Boots" Gaubatz.
	Hilderbran
	Straus Gattis Menendez
	Allen Geren Merritt
	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
	Anderson Guillen Moody
	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
	Bonnen Harless Orr
	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
	Button Herrero Paxton
	Callegari Hilderbran Pena
	Castro Hochberg Phillips
	Chavez Hodge Pickett
	Chisum Homer Pierson
	Christian Hopson Pitts
	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
	Cook Hughes Riddle
	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
	Crabb Isett Ritter
	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
	Creighton Jones Rose
	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
	Darby Kent Shelton
	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
	Edwards Legler Thibaut
	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
	Eissler Lewis Truitt
	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
	England Madden Turner of Harris
	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
	Fletcher Martinez Vo
	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
	Flynn McCall Weber
	Frost McClendon Woolley
	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 20 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House