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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were saddened by the passing of |
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Helen Ruth Marek of West on April 3, 2011, at the age of 99, yet the |
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memory of her full and rewarding life remains to comfort them in |
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their time of loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on November 15, 1911, in Wilbarger County to |
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Anton and Annie Koval, Helen Koval was one of 10 children; she |
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became the wife of Adolph F. Marek, and they enjoyed a fulfilling |
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marriage until his passing in 1956; fortunate enough to find love a |
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second time, she married Alfons Adolf Marek in 1961, and they shared |
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more than three decades together; he too predeceased her; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Marek was a homemaker and a faithful member of |
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St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption in West; she also |
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belonged to SPJST Lodge No. 54, and she enjoyed gardening in her |
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free time; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all, Mrs. Marek loved her two children, Willie |
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Mae and Adolph Frank, and she took great pride in her six |
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grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, With her kind and caring ways, Helen Marek enriched |
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all who were blessed to share in her life, and she will forever hold |
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a treasured place in their hearts; 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 Helen Ruth Marek and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her son, |
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Adolph Frank Marek, and his wife, Mary; to her daughter-in-law, |
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Bessie Dornak; to her grandchildren, Mellissa Marie Tucker and her |
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husband, Tony, Elaine Roth and her husband, Mark, the Reverend |
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Melvin Dornak, Karen Hafner and her husband, Mark, John Dornak, and |
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Michelle Renee Marek Manskey; to her eight great-grandchildren; and |
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to her 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 Helen Ruth |
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Marek. |