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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Steve |
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Wright Sterquell of Amarillo, who died on April 1, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Steve Sterquell was born on February 6, 1953; after |
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graduating from Texas Tech University with a business degree in |
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1974, he became a certified public accountant and was a partner in |
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Sterquell Hill & Goelzer, LLP; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1989, Mr. Sterquell established American Housing |
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Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating housing |
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for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, and in 1995, |
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he sold his accounting practice to focus on this worthwhile |
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endeavor; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Sterquell's foundation has grown in the years |
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since to manage and maintain more than 14,000 units in 33 cities in |
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9 states; in recent years, he had worked with the Texas State |
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Affordable Housing Corporation to acquire more units, and recently |
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he had begun creating affordable housing for seniors; and |
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WHEREAS, A leader in his profession, Mr. Sterquell taught |
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courses in taxation, low-income housing credits, estate planning, |
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and other subjects; he also found time to serve as chair and |
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president of the Kiwanis Foundation, chair of the Children's |
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Miracle Network Telethon, and president of the Children's Health |
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Foundation, and he worked with Goodwill Industries, the Amarillo |
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Community Center, and many other organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, For his many contributions to the community, Mr. |
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Sterquell received numerous honors, including the James E. West |
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Fellowship Award and the William O. Stillman Award from the |
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National Humane Society, and he was named an Alumnus by Choice of |
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Baylor University and a Boy Scout Heritage Society Lifetime Member; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, he enjoyed the love and |
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support of his wife, Marshallette, to whom he was married for 34 |
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years, and their children, Steve and Elizabeth; and |
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WHEREAS, Steve Sterquell was a compassionate and committed |
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member of his community, and although his life ended far too soon, |
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he will forever be remembered with great admiration and affection; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Steve Wright |
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Sterquell and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Marshallette S. Sterquell; to his children, |
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Steve W. Sterquell II and his wife, Holly, and Elizabeth A. Bunn and |
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her husband, Larry; to his grandchildren, Katherine R. Sterquell, |
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Luke W. Sterquell, and Benjamin C. Bunn; to his mother, Betty W. |
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Sterquell; to his brother, John C. Sterquell; to his sister, Vicki |
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S. Sterquell; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Steve |
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Sterquell. |