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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 Elisa A. |
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Flores of El Paso, who died on April 9, 2009, at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, "Licha" Flores was born in Torreon, Mexico, on |
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November 28, 1927, to Maria and Ladislado Alvarez; she was joined in |
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matrimony to Celso Flores, and together they were blessed with a |
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loving family that grew to include six sons and two daughters; and |
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WHEREAS, Until her retirement, Mrs. Flores worked at Hotel |
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Dieu Hospital and at the Ysleta Independent School District; a firm |
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believer in education, she earned her GED at the age of 55, and she |
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took great pride in the academic and professional achievements of |
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her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Flores was also a woman of strong spiritual |
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beliefs and a devoted Catholic, and she dedicated her life |
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selflessly to her church and her family; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Elisa Flores is no longer with us, the |
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memory of her kindness, integrity, and devotion will forever be |
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treasured by all those who knew and loved her; 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 Elisa A. Flores and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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sons, Rudolfo Flores and his wife, Sylvia, Victor Flores and his |
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wife, Juana, David Flores and his wife, Cindy, Humberto Flores and |
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his wife, Susie, Ismael Flores and his wife, Imelda, and Celso |
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Flores, Jr., and his wife, Cleo; to her daughters, Elsa Reyes and |
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her husband, Richard, and Mary Lopez and her husband, Juan; to her |
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sister, Esperanza Alvarez de Sanchez; to her 20 grandchildren and |
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12 great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Elisa A. |
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Flores. |