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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 Linda |
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Lashley Trisch, an admired civic leader and longtime Kerrville |
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businesswoman, who passed away on September 10, 2010, at the age of |
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68; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Allen and Eula Lewis, the former |
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Linda Lewis was born in Pineville, Louisiana, on September 5, 1942; |
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as a child, she loved to explore the piney woods of Central |
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Louisiana with her brother, Cecil; when her own children were |
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young, she moved to Texas, where she was hired as the first female |
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Texas Farm Bureau insurance agent in her area; during her first |
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year, she became the company's leading life insurance agent, and |
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she went on to found Texas Hills Insurance Agency; while enjoying |
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success in business, she made time to participate in activities |
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with her daughter, Rhonda, and son, Todd, and she was a lifetime |
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member of the PTA; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan married Don Trisch, with whom she |
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supported numerous organizations, among them the Kerr County 4-H, |
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the Cowboy Artists of America Museum, the Rocky Mountain Elk |
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Foundation, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Texas Hill Country |
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Youth Choir, and the American Cancer Society; moreover, Ms. Trisch |
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served for many years on the board of the Kerrville Convention and |
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Visitors Bureau and was named chair emeritus, and she was a member |
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of Hill Country CattleWomen; and |
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WHEREAS, At Thistlewood Farm, which she established with her |
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husband, Ms. Trisch raised Egyptian Arabian horses, and the |
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Trisches made many wonderful friendships at shows around the |
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country; they also owned and operated Hill Country Western Wear and |
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Hill Country Mercantile for a number of years; after retirement, |
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they renovated an old German farmhouse outside Fredericksburg, and |
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her creativity beautifully enhanced this project; Ms. Trisch loved |
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the country life, especially gardening, growing organic |
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vegetables, and raising chickens, and she spent countless happy |
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hours cooking for her family and enjoying the company of her |
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grandchildren; in addition, she collected antiques and sold them at |
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Round Top with her sisters and traveled to Colorado to fish, watch |
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wildlife, and admire the aspen trees; and |
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WHEREAS, Linda Trisch inspired those who were privileged to |
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know her with her energy, strong faith, and commitment to her |
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community, and she will long be remembered with deep admiration and |
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affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Linda Lashley Trisch |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Don Trisch; to her children, Rhonda Lashley Lopez and her |
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husband, Jose, and Todd Lashley and his wife, Deanna; to her |
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stepchildren, Stacy Little and her husband, Brian, and Amie Trisch |
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Waldo; to her grandchildren, Emily Cardwell, Ellen, Levi, and |
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Benjamin Lashley, Kayle and Ally Little, and Brooke and Ethan |
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Waldo; to her sisters, Ouida Broach and Wanda Brumley; to her |
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brother, Cecil Lewis, and his wife, Beverly; to her sister-in-law, |
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Jeanne Lewis; and to her 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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Linda |
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Lashley Trisch. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 64 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on February 24, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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