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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A landmark institution in the Fayette County |
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business community commemorates a milestone in 2009 as Koenig & |
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Strickland Funeral Home celebrates its centennial; and |
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WHEREAS, The company was founded in May 1909 by August |
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Koenig, one of the state's first licensed embalmers; in 1924, Mr. |
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Koenig formed a partnership with Louis H. Mueller, and the business |
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they operated in downtown La Grange was originally known as Koenig |
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and Mueller Funeral Directors and Embalmers; it was renamed Koenig |
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Funeral Home in 1928, when Gilbert Koenig, August Koenig's son, |
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bought Mr. Mueller's stake in the company; Gilbert Koenig went on to |
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direct the funeral home for 40 years and also won several |
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appointments and elections, serving 19 years on the La Grange City |
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Council, a two-year term as the city's mayor, and three years as |
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chair of the State Board of Morticians; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1977, Gilbert Koenig sold the business to Billy |
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Peel, who operated it as the Koenig-Peel Funeral Home; in 1997, it |
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became the Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home, and the enterprise now |
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includes three satellite offices, Jecmenek Chapel in Ellinger, |
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Knesek Chapel in Fayetteville, and Zaskoda Chapel in Industry, in |
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addition to the main location in La Grange; although a 1999 fire |
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claimed the iconic Art Deco building that once housed the La Grange |
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location, the company rebuilt on the footprint of the original |
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structure and remains a respected member of the city's business |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, Coinciding with the firm's centennial is the |
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appointment of a new general manager, Robert J. Falcon, who draws on |
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more than two decades of experience in the funeral industry; under |
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his direction, Koenig & Strickland is beginning its second century |
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of providing dedicated service to the communities that it serves, |
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and this venerable company is indeed deserving of recognition |
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during this momentous anniversary year; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home on the |
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occasion of its centennial and extend to the management and staff |
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sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Kleinschmidt |
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| Alvarado |
Gonzales |
Miller of Comal |
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| Anchia |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Miller of Erath |
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| Aycock |
Gutierrez |
Morrison |
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| Branch |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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| Brown of Kaufman |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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| Brown of Brazos |
Heflin |
Parker |
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| Callegari |
Hilderbran |
Peña |
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| Cohen |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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| Coleman |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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| Craddick |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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| Crownover |
Keffer |
Sheffield |
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| Davis of Harris |
King of Parker |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| Davis of Dallas |
King of Taylor |
Smith of Harris |
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| Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Smithee |
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| Driver |
Kleinschmidt |
Solomons |
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| Eiland |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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| Elkins |
Lucio III |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| England |
Madden |
Turner of Harris |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Farrar |
Marquez |
Villarreal |
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| Flores |
Martinez Fischer |
Walle |
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| Gallego |
McReynolds |
Zerwas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 469 was adopted by the House on |
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February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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