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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Robert |
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Ochoa Moon of Irving, who passed away on May 28, 2011, at the age of |
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66; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on September 14, 1944, Bob Moon was |
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the son of John Moon and Herminia Ochoa Moon; he graduated from |
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N. R. Crozier Technical High School and served in the United States |
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Navy, aboard the USS Cimarron and USS Valley Forge, from 1964 to |
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1970, earning the National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam |
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Service Medal; and |
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WHEREAS, After completing his tours of duty, Mr. Moon worked |
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for nearly two decades as a sales representative for apparel |
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companies, traveling around Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and |
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Louisiana in his motor home and making numerous friends among his |
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clients; when the clothing manufacturing business began moving |
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abroad, he opened a popular restaurant called the Burrito House in |
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Seven Points with his sister, Hortensia; later, he became a top |
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salesman for Toyota of Irving, and in 1999, he was licensed as a |
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mortgage broker and banker and established Affirmative Mortgage |
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Company, which grew to include three offices; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Moon helped revive the Irving Hispanic Chamber |
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of Commerce and served a term as president during his several years |
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on its board; moreover, he benefited his community in a number of |
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leadership roles, serving on the boards of Housing and Human |
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Services and the Irving YMCA and volunteering for other |
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organizations as well; he had a large network of friends and strove |
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to connect people who could help each other; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his loved ones, Mr. Moon was married to |
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his wife, Rachel, for 33 years, and he was the proud father of |
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daughters Rita, Rachelle, and Alexia; as the years went by, he |
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welcomed six grandchildren into the family; he endeared himself to |
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innumerable people with his wonderful sense of humor and funny |
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stories, and he especially enjoyed sitting on the deck of his lake |
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house in the morning with a cup of coffee, entertaining the |
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neighbors who came to join him; ever attentive, he often advised |
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"God gave us two ears and one mouth to listen more than talk"; he was |
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an ardent fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers and liked |
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golfing, fishing, hosting cookouts, and listening to Mexican music |
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and golden oldies; and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Moon possessed a generosity of spirit that |
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expressed itself in myriad ways, and countless lives were forever |
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enriched by his warmth and kindness; now, therefore, 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 memory |
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of Robert Ochoa Moon and extend sincere sympathy to the members of |
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his family: to his wife, Rachel T. Moon; to his daughters, Rita |
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Nolan, Rachelle Watson, and Alexia Preston; to his grandchildren, |
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Cassandra McCartney, Nicholas Nolan, James Watson II, Joseph |
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Watson, Molly Watson, and Lauren Preston; to his sister, Nancy |
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L. Behre; to his brother, John Moon, Jr.; and to his many other |
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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 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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Ochoa Moon. |