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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 Ricardo |
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Estrada of El Paso, who died on March 9, 2009, at the age of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, Dicky Estrada was born on December 4, 1946, to Frank |
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and Alicia Estrada; he met his lifetime companion, Roberta, in high |
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school, and they were married three years after graduation; over |
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the course of their 40 years together, they were blessed with two |
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sons; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada went to work at the age of 16, bagging |
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groceries at the S&S Store in Fabens and working as a delivery man |
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for Munier's Pharmacy; he later enjoyed a 40-year career with the |
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Clint Independent School District; along the way, he also answered |
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his nation's call to duty during the Vietnam War, serving in the |
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U.S. Air Force; and |
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WHEREAS, A kind and caring man, Dicky Estrada touched the |
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lives of many, and he will be forever remembered with admiration and |
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affection by all who knew and loved him; 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 Ricardo Estrada and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Roberta Estrada; to his sons, Dominick E. Estrada and his |
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wife, Saharon, and Patrick I. Estrada; to his siblings, Josephina, |
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Mary, and Lucy Estrada, Frank Estrada III, Alicia Smith and her |
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husband, Bob, and Rebecca Quinn and her husband, Bill; and to his |
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other relatives and friends; and, be it 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 Dicky |
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Estrada. |
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Quintanilla |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1721 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 11, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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