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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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death of Stanley Louis Jahn of Waco on March 28, 2011, at the age of |
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80; and |
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WHEREAS, Stanley Jahn was born in San Antonio on September 8, |
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1930, to William H. and Martha Schindler Jahn; after graduating |
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from Waco Technical High School in 1948, he enlisted in the U.S. Air |
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Force and served as a photographic laboratory technician from 1949 |
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to 1950; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning home, Mr. Jahn continued his military |
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service as a member of the Air Force Reserves, while also working |
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for a surveying company and a construction firm and completing a |
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four-year carpentry apprenticeship; he joined the Texas Highway |
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Department in 1956 and remained there for nearly two decades, |
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during which time he earned a degree in architecture from the |
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International Correspondence School and became a registered civil |
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engineer; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jahn later founded the Jahn Company and, aside |
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from a stint with the City of Waco, ran the business until he |
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retired in 2006; he was a registered public surveyor and a member of |
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the American Society of Civil Engineers; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Jahn enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Norma Jean Jahn, with whom he shared 57 |
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years; they were the parents of three children, Phil Jahn, Tim Jahn, |
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and the late Karen Jahn Villers; and |
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WHEREAS, Stanley Jahn was a loving husband, a devoted father |
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and grandfather, and a true and loyal friend, and those who were |
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privileged to know him will long remember his bright blue eyes and |
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ready smile; 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 life of Stanley Louis Jahn and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Norma Jean Jahn; to his sons, Phil Jahn and his wife, Cindy, |
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and Tim Jahn and his wife, Lisa; to his grandchildren, Casey Villers |
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Hoag and her husband, Jared, Matthew Thomas Jahn and Tammara Cook, |
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Chandler Jahn, and Brandon Jahn; to his sister, Loretta Barlow; to |
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his brother-in-law, Dr. Don Barker; to his nieces, Laura Leach, |
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Becky Thomas, and Bretta Green; to his nephew, Burkett Barlow; 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 Stanley |
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Louis Jahn. |