H.R. No. 702

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, An inspiring couple whose lives have been enhanced
	by a great and enduring love, Ralph and Carolyn Zerwas of Katy are
	celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on March 4, 2009; and
	WHEREAS, Ralph Zerwas and the former Carolyn Gray met when
	they were next-door neighbors in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the years
	after World War II; Mr. Zerwas was a young army veteran who had
	served in the South Pacific and was living with his family after
	returning stateside; he and Carolyn began dating, and the two were
	married in 1949 in Tulsa, where Mr. Zerwas was studying business on
	the G.I. Bill; and
	WHEREAS, A member of the Oklahoma National Guard, Mr. Zerwas
	was returned to active duty as an infantry officer with the outbreak
	of the Korean War in the early 1950s; the couple's first child, Mary
	Ann, was born while he was on his way to Korea, but Mrs. Zerwas
	helped keep the family connected by placing a picture of her husband
	in the baby's crib; and
	WHEREAS, After concluding his war service and graduating from
	the University of Tulsa, Mr. Zerwas took a job with Gulf Oil Company
	while Mrs. Zerwas focused on home life; four additional children,
	Ralph, John, James, and Martha, joined the household, and the
	family lived in a variety of locations around the country as
	Mr. Zerwas took on new career challenges; and
	WHEREAS, This devoted husband and wife have seen their family
	grow ever larger with the passing years, and they now delight in
	spending time with their 11 grandchildren, John, Emmett, Emily,
	Jamie, Haley, Joseph, Brandon, Sherry, Joey, Carolyn, and Katie;
	they returned to Muskogee after Mr. Zerwas retired in 1983 and
	recently relocated to Katy to be closer to their loved ones; and
	WHEREAS, While innumerable changes have taken place in the
	world during the past six decades, Ralph and Carolyn Zerwas have
	remained constant in their commitment to one another, and the
	strength of their love has enabled them to meet life's challenges
	with grace and optimism; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Ralph and Carolyn Zerwas on the
	occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary and extend to them
	sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Zerwas as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.
	Zerwas
	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 Peña
	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. 702 was adopted by the House on March
	4, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House