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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Kerrville lost a beloved neighbor and |
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admired community leader with the passing of Edwin R. Carseth on |
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April 26, 2009, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 30, 1919, to Arthur and Elsie Roehr |
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Carseth in Chicago, Edwin Carseth attended Wilbur Wright Junior |
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College and Northwestern University; he answered his nation's call |
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to duty with service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II |
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and conducted supply flights over the Himalaya Mountains in the |
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China-Burma-India theater; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Carseth joined the air force reserves after the |
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war and continued to serve until 1957; during his years in uniform, |
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he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the |
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American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with |
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four Bronze Service Stars, and the World War II Victory Medal; |
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drawing on his aviation experience, he became a flight examiner for |
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the Federal Aviation Administration and founded the Aviation |
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Division of the Outboard Marine Corporation, serving as the |
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company's chief pilot for nearly four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Carseth enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, the former Margaret Walls, with whom he |
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shared more than 50 years of marriage; the couple had one daughter, |
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Suzette, who passed away in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Carseth and his family lived in Wisconsin for a |
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number of years, where he was active in many community |
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organizations, serving as a charter member of the Milwaukee Chapter |
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of the Quiet Birdmen Association and the Kiwanis Golden K of Elm |
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Grove, as well as being a member of the American Legion, Disabled |
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American Veterans, and the Elks Club of Milwaukee; after he and Mrs. |
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Carseth relocated to Kerrville in 1987, he helped charter the Hill |
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Country Chapter of the Retired Officers Association and started the |
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Kerrville Quiet Birdmen Hangar; moreover, he volunteered at the |
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Kerrville VA hospital through Kiwanis and was a member of Notre Dame |
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Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Edwin Carseth lived a full and purposeful life, and |
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though he will be deeply missed, his legacy of service to his |
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country and his community will long resonate in the hearts of all |
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those fortunate enough to have known 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 Edwin R. Carseth and |
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extend sincere sympathy to his wife, Margaret Carseth, and to his |
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other relatives and many 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 Edwin |
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Carseth. |