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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Goliad lost one of its most beloved civic |
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leaders with the death of Leonard H. Von Dohlen III on December 21, |
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2009, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, Lenny Von Dohlen was born in Palestine on March 24, |
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1934, to Leonard and Elizabeth Von Dohlen; he attended The |
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University of Texas at Austin, where he was president of Lambda Chi |
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Alpha fraternity, and after graduating in 1957, he served in the |
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U.S. Army, reaching the rank of captain in the military police |
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corps; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Von Dohlen subsequently began a career in the |
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automotive business; he worked at the Ford dealership in El Campo |
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until 1964, when he founded the Von Dohlen Motor Company in Goliad, |
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which he owned and operated for the next half-century; active in his |
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profession, he was president of the Ford Dealers Advertising Board |
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and served on the Ford Dealer Council, and he was a member of both |
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the Texas and the National Automobile Dealers Associations; he was |
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also a rancher and the longtime owner of La Bahia Downs racetrack; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his professional endeavors, Mr. Von |
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Dohlen contributed to his community as president of the Goliad |
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Rotary Club, the Goliad Chamber of Commerce, and the Goliad County |
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Industrial Foundation; moreover, he chaired the Goliad Sales Tax |
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Development Board and the Municipal Development District Board, |
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served as president of the South Texas Race Association and the |
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Racing Board of Texas, and was a member of the Goliad school board |
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and the Texas State Technical Institute and Bee County College |
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advisory boards; he further distinguished himself as chair of the |
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Goliad Savings and Loan; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Von Dohlen belonged to Immaculate Conception |
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Catholic Church and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre; he remained |
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passionately loyal to his alma mater and proudly wore burnt orange |
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and white as a member of the Longhorn Foundation's Big Wheels of |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Von Dohlen enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife, the former Gay Aoueille, as well as |
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their four children, Lenny, John, Mary, and Catherine; and |
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WHEREAS, Lenny Von Dohlen lived a full and generous life, |
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giving freely of his time and expertise to benefit his community, |
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and he leaves behind an exceptional record of service that his loved |
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ones can remember with pride; 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 memory of Leonard H. Von |
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Dohlen III and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Gay Von Dohlen; to his children, Lenny Von |
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Dohlen IV, John David Von Dohlen, Mary Gay Von Dohlen, and Catherine |
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Martin and her husband, David; to his grandchildren, Kristal Von |
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Dohlen, Katy Von Dohlen, Hazel Montgomery, and Evan Martin; to his |
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great-granddaughter, Emry Stakes; to his sister, Jane Horny, and |
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her husband, Ben; to his brother, Tim Von Dohlen, and his wife, Pat; |
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and to his other relatives and many 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 Leonard H. |
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Von Dohlen III. |
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Morrison |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 920 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 7, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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