SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 165

In Memory

of

Dora Montana Rabago

WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and commemorates the life of Dora Montana Rabago, who died January 28, 2009, at the age of 80; and

WHEREAS, Dora Montana was born in San Antonio on July 19, 1928, to Teofilo and Maria Montana; and

WHEREAS, She served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict, and she retired from Brooke Army Medical Center Beach Pavilion after 20 years of civil service in the nursing profession; over the course of her career as a nurse, she received many employee awards; and

WHEREAS, She was a longtime member of the Democratic Party and a committed volunteer for many political campaigns; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Rabago was a highly respected woman who enriched the lives of many with her love and compassion and her warmth and kindness; and

WHEREAS, She was a devoted mother and grandmother, and she will long be remembered in the hearts and minds of those she left behind; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved family of Dora Montana Rabago: her children, Verna Blackwell Hilario, Betty Segovia, Soledad Pulido, Luis Castillo, Robert Castillo, and Frank Castillo; her sisters, Lydia Lopez and Agnes Montana; her brother, Guadalupe Montana; her 11 grandchildren; and her nine great-grandchildren; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dora Montana Rabago.

Van de Putte

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on February 11, 2009, by a rising vote.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate