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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 Ricardo |
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G. Alvarado of Alice, who passed away on March 27, 2011, at the age |
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of 68; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Petra and Ramon Alvarado, Richard |
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Alvarado was born in Orange Grove on January 22, 1943; he served his |
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country in the United States Army and went on to complete his |
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bachelor's degree in government, politics, and speech; the next |
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year, he married the former Consuelo "Connie" Rinche and the couple |
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later became the proud parents of a daughter, Erica; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Alvarado taught school for a year before |
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becoming a liquidator for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
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and embarking on a long career in banking; after working in a number |
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of cities, including Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Danbury, Connecticut, |
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and San Juan, Puerto Rico, he returned to Texas; his skill and |
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expertise benefited banks in San Diego, Harlingen, and Edinburg, |
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and he ultimately organized a team of investors to create First |
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State Bank of Falfurrias, which he served as president for a number |
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of years; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Mr. Alvarado left the banking |
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industry to guide his daughter as a "housedad" when she was in |
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junior high; he became the proprietor of the Alice Motor Inn as |
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well, and he ventured into the brokering of farm and mortgage loans; |
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after a few years, he began commuting to a broker position at a |
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Houston firm; next, he joined the Education Division of the |
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Department of Criminal Justice, preparing inmates to adjust to life |
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outside the prison walls, and he served in the Windham Independent |
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School District until his retirement; never one to be idle, he |
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continued to substitute teach in San Diego ISD until his health |
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prevented him from working; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan pursued numerous hobbies, among |
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them playing poker, writing poetry, and singing love songs to his |
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wife; above all, he enjoyed spending time with his host of friends |
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and the members of his close and affectionate family, who all looked |
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to him as a role model and wise counselor; he expressed his great |
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faith through compassion and generosity, and he never had an unkind |
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word for anyone; and |
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WHEREAS, Richard Alvarado lived a caring, purposeful life, |
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and he will forever hold a special place in the hearts of those who |
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were lucky enough to share in his love and friendship; now, |
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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 Ricardo G. |
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"Richard" Alvarado and extend sincere sympathy to the members of |
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his family: to his wife, Consuelo R. "Connie" Alvarado; to his |
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daughter, Erica Marcella Alvarado Woodruff, and her husband, Clark |
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James Woodruff; to his grandchildren, Conner James Woodruff and |
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Logan James Woodruff; to his sisters, Carolyn Alvarado Trumble and |
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her husband, Donny, Anita Alvarado, Carmel Alvarado, Connie |
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Alvarado Trevino and her husband, Ramon, and Angelina Alvarado |
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Gonzalez and her husband, Tony; 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 Ricardo G. |
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"Richard" Alvarado. |