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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of former state representative David |
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Graves Stubbeman on September 11, 2010, at the age of 72, deeply |
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saddened the community of Abilene and brought a great loss to his |
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family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Midland on August 28, 1938, Mr. Stubbeman |
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was the son of Frank Diedrich Stubbeman and Violet Graves |
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Stubbeman; he graduated from Midland High School and earned his |
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bachelor's degree in English and government from Southern Methodist |
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University; on August 19, 1961, he married the former Sue Edmunda |
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Swenson in Fort Worth, and the couple later became the parents of |
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two children, William and Susan; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan completed his law degree at The |
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University of Texas at Austin in 1963 and joined the United States |
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Navy; after finishing officer candidate school in Newport, Rhode |
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Island, he served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, and he |
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continued to serve his country in the Naval Reserve until his |
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retirement as a captain in 1996; Mr. Stubbeman settled in Abilene |
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following active duty and began a distinguished career with the |
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firm of Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster, and Longacre that |
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would span three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly committed to civic life, Mr. Stubbeman served |
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two terms in the Texas House of Representatives beginning in 1975; |
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he went on to serve as mayor of Abilene from 1984 to 1987 and |
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thereafter continued to benefit his community in a number of |
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capacities; an active member of the Rotary Club, he served as |
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district governor, and he served on the board of the West Texas |
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Rehabilitation Center for more than 30 years; he was an elder and |
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Sunday school teacher at First Central Presbyterian Church, and he |
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supported many charities; in his leisure time, he enjoyed golfing; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, David Stubbeman left a legacy of exemplary public |
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service, and he is remembered with admiration and affection by all |
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who were fortunate enough to share in the richness of his life; 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 the Honorable David |
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Graves Stubbeman and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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his family: to his wife, Sue Edmunda Stubbeman; to his son, William |
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Frank Stubbeman, and his wife, Zoe Chui-Kuen Fan; to his daughter, |
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Susan Edmunda Stubbeman, and her partner, Daniel H. Marcus; to his |
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grandchildren, Christian Mathew Stubbeman and Sky Keirahs |
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Stubbeman; to his brother, Robert Diedrich Stubbeman, and his wife, |
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Marilyn; and 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 former |
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state representative David Graves Stubbeman. |