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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 115
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In Memory |
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of |
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Veronica Teresa O'Hagan Cook |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of El Paso in mourning the loss of Veronica Teresa |
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O'Hagan Cook, who died January 22, 2009, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Veronica O'Hagan was the daughter of the late John |
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and Catherine O'Hagan; she married her beloved husband, John F. |
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Cook, Sr., a veteran of World War II, at Saint Ephraim Church in |
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Brooklyn, New York; and |
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WHEREAS, Veronica Cook was a gifted schoolteacher who |
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taught kindergarten and religious education at Most Holy Trinity |
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School; she loved all children and was devoted to her students, |
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whom she mentored with wisdom and deep affection; and |
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WHEREAS, El Paso was her home for 36 years, and she was |
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respected in her community for her generous nature, her many |
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accomplishments, and her keen sense of humor; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a woman of great faith who embraced life |
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with fortitude, grace, and dignity and who gave unselfishly of |
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her time and energy to others; and |
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WHEREAS, Veronica Cook was a source of strength to many and |
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was beloved by her family and friends, and she leaves behind |
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memories that will be treasured forever by all who were fortunate |
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to share in her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Veronica Teresa Cook: her children, Veronica Cook, |
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John Cook, Jr., Michael Cook, Edward Cook, Joan Keating, Edna |
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Benson, and Kevin Cook; her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, |
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and great-great-grandchild; and her brother, John O'Hagan; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the members of her family as an expression of deepest sympathy |
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from the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Veronica Cook. |
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Shapleigh |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 2, 2009, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |