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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of longtime educator Patsy L. Roach of San Angelo, who |
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passed away on May 4, 2009, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Sherman to Ross and Marguerite Orenduff on |
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January 15, 1929, the former Patti Orenduff graduated from McKinney |
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High School, where she was drum major for three years; she earned a |
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bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University in 1951 and |
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subsequently moved to Dexter, New Mexico, for a teaching position; |
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it was there that she met the love of her life, Hank Roach, and after |
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a two-week courtship, the couple were married; they shared 58 years |
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together and raised two children, Dusty and Tudi; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Roach and her husband lived in Amarillo, |
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Lubbock, and Big Spring before making their home in San Angelo; Mrs. |
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Roach served for a time on the faculty at Rio Vista Elementary |
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School, and then planned to give up teaching, but when she answered |
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a call to fill in at Central High School, she found her passion as a |
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senior English teacher; for nearly three decades, she inspired and |
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encouraged students with her fair, no-nonsense approach and her |
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obvious joy in the subject, and she received the Texas Excellence |
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Award for Outstanding High School Teachers from the Ex-Students' |
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Association and the College of Education of The University of Texas |
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in 1988; and |
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WHEREAS, Following her retirement in 1990, Mrs. Roach dearly |
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missed the classroom, and she soon returned to the field as a |
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substitute; moreover, she was invited to teach a class at Howard |
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College; through the years, she enjoyed lasting friendships with |
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many of her former students; and |
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WHEREAS, Patti Roach sparked a love of learning, writing, and |
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reading in countless students during her distinguished career at |
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Central High School and touched many other people's lives along the |
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way; although she will be deeply missed, she leaves behind a legacy |
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that will continue to resonate for many years to come; now, |
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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 memory of Patsy L. Roach and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Henry C. Roach; to her son, Dusty Roach and his wife, |
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Barbie; to her daughter, Tudi Wilson and her husband, Rick; to her |
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grandchildren, Sommer Ahrens and her husband, Mike, Amy Wilder and |
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her husband, Ray, Ross Roach, and Cooper Wilson; to her six |
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great-grandchildren, Bailey, Coletin, Logan, Emily, Cadence, and |
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Dylan; and to her 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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Patti |
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Roach. |