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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 William |
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J. Bartosh of West, who passed away on March 15, 2011, at the age of |
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79; and |
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WHEREAS, William Bartosh was born in Axtell on September 27, |
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1931, to John and Mary Bartosh, and received his education at |
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schools in the La Vega school district; answering his nation's call |
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to duty during the Korean War, he served with the United States Air |
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Force as an airplane mechanic; and |
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WHEREAS, After his discharge from the armed forces, Mr. |
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Bartosh worked at the James Connally Air Force Base in Waco for |
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several years before joining the Texas Highway Department, where he |
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put his military training to use as a heavy equipment mechanic; he |
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remained with the department for more than three and a half decades, |
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eventually retiring in 1992; in addition to his work as a mechanic, |
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he was involved in farming and ranching, endeavors he particularly |
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enjoyed; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bartosh and his wife, the former Louise |
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Rauschhuber, were joined in matrimony on April 19, 1958, in Tours; |
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they enjoyed 52 rewarding years together and were blessed with four |
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children, Tom, Michael, Mary, and Theresa, as well as 13 |
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grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was a valued parishioner at St. |
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Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption; an ardent outdoorsman, he |
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spent much of his free time hunting and fishing; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of William Bartosh brings great |
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sadness to his family and friends, he leaves behind a rich legacy of |
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memories that will long be treasured by all those who held him dear; |
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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 William J. Bartosh |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Louise Bartosh; to his children and their spouses, Tom |
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Bartosh and his wife, Carol, Dr. Michael Bartosh and his wife, Kim, |
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and Mary Coleman and her husband, Bill; to his sister-in-law, |
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Rosalie Bartosh; to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and |
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to his other 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 William J. |
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Bartosh. |