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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 Debra |
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Ann Sontag of Del Rio, who passed away on March 6, 2011, at the age |
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of 46; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Barbara and Richard Beakley, the |
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former Deb Beakley was born on April 16, 1964, in Barranquilla, |
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Colombia, where her father was working as a seismologist; the |
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family returned to Texas and she excelled in track at Bandera High |
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School; after attending The University of Texas at Austin and North |
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Texas State University, she worked for attorneys and legislators as |
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a paralegal; she later accepted a key position with Hewitt |
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Associates in Irvine, California, but ultimately heeded the call of |
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her beloved Texas and settled near family in Del Rio; and |
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WHEREAS, While working as a hostess at Avanti Italian |
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Restaurant, she met Bill Sontag, who was captivated by her sunny |
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disposition and ready smile; the couple married on April 22, 2006, |
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in Polly's Chapel, a historic stone sanctuary near her family's |
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ranch; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sontag worked at a number of Del Rio businesses, |
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including the Brown Bag, Cafe Centrale, Russell Hardware, San |
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Felipe Country Club, and Lake Amistad Resort & Marina; a talented |
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cook, she wrote a popular monthly column for Southwest Texas Live! |
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magazine that included her own recipes and those of other local |
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cooks and noted chefs; and |
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WHEREAS, Unfailingly kind, Ms. Sontag endeared herself to |
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innumerable people through her gentle and generous nature, as well |
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as her vivacious personality, and she sought to bring harmony to |
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every situation; moreover, she loved animals and showered her |
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golden retrievers with affection; and |
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WHEREAS, Debbie Sontag brought great joy to others, and those |
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she leaves behind will forever cherish their memories of time spent |
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in the company of this warm and gracious woman; now, therefore, be |
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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 Debra Ann Sontag and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Bill Sontag; to her mother, Barbara Beakley; to her |
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brothers, John Beakley and his wife, Laura, Richard Beakley and his |
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wife, Sheila, and James Beakley and his wife, Heidi; to her aunts |
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and uncles, John and Dale Focke, Jeanne Davis, and Julian and Norma |
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Gomez; to her stepchildren, Rob Sontag and his wife, Marci, and |
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their children, Maddie and Ryan Sontag, and Debb Scott and her |
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husband, Luke; to her sister-in-law, Kathy Beck; and to her many |
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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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Debra Ann |
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Sontag. |