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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of Rio Grande City police officer Robert |
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A. Ramirez on April 28, 2011, at the age of 51, has deeply saddened |
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his many loved ones; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Calixtra and Rene Rodrigo Ramirez, Robert |
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Ramirez began his career in law enforcement as a deputy with the |
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Starr County Sheriff's Office in 1987; he joined the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice as a prison guard in Beeville in |
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1994, and the following year, he went to work for the Rio Grande |
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City Police Department; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the first group of officers to patrol the |
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city's streets, this outstanding professional was promoted to |
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patrol sergeant in 1998; he was eventually named sergeant |
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detective, and his duties included serving as a supervisor in the |
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Criminal Investigation Department; he planned to retire in August |
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2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Robert Ramirez enjoyed the love and support of his |
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wife, Diana Gutierrez, and their four daughters, Veronica, Valerie, |
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Brenda, and Angelica; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man and an exemplary public |
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servant, Sergeant Detective Robert Ramirez will long be remembered |
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by all those who were fortunate enough to know him; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Sergeant Detective Robert A. Ramirez and extend sincere |
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condolences to the members of his family: to his wife, Diana |
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Gutierrez; to his daughters, Veronica and her husband, Andrae, |
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Valerie, Brenda and her husband, Rolando, and Angelica; to his |
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mother, Calixtra; to his siblings, Raul and his wife, Olga, Rene and |
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his wife, Araceli, Rosendo and his wife, Dana, Romeo, Rebece and her |
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husband, David, Rolando and his wife, Dora, and Ramiro; to his four |
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grandchildren; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Robert |
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A. Ramirez. |
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Guillen |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 135 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 28, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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