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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Glidden Dean O'Connor, Jr., of Waco, who passed away on |
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April 17, 2011, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 17, 1926, in Houston, Glidden |
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O'Connor graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in 1944 and |
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promptly volunteered for the United States Army Air Corps; he |
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served in the Air Transport Command, flying routes in the South |
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Pacific during World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. O'Connor attended Baylor |
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University and received a degree in chemistry in 1949; he enlisted |
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in the U.S. Air Force the following year, serving as a second |
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lieutenant with the 17th Bomb Wing of the 5th Air Force in Korea; in |
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1951, while at James Connally Air Force Base, he met Nancy Rohan, a |
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longtime Waco resident, and they soon married and went on to share |
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nearly 50 years together before her passing and to welcome three |
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children, George, Kelly, and Kathleen, into their family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. O'Connor enjoyed a notable career in the |
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wholesale supply business as president of the Rohan and William |
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Cameron companies in Waco and the CertainTeed Corporation in |
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Pennsylvania, and he was recognized for his professional |
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achievements in The Wall Street Journal in 1980; he retired in 1988; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was a member of the board of |
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directors of the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce and local |
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chapters of the YMCA, the Better Business Bureau, the American |
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Heart Association, and the March of Dimes; after his retirement, he |
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became a Master Gardener, traveled widely, and supported the Baylor |
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Bear Foundation, the Baylor Alumni Association, and the Baylor Lady |
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Bear basketball team; and |
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WHEREAS, A proud patriot, successful businessman, and |
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devoted patriarch, Glidden O'Connor, Jr., lived a rich and |
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purposeful life, and he will long be remembered with deep affection |
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by all who knew him; 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 Glidden D. O'Connor, |
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Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his children, George Rohan O'Connor and his wife, Sherry, Kelly |
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O'Connor Scheddel and her husband, Jack, and Kathleen O'Connor and |
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Loretta Welch; to his sister, Sheila Horne, and her husband, Dell; |
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to his grandchildren, Amber O'Connor and her husband, James Webb, |
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Flynn O'Connor and his wife, Jacqui, Caitlin O'Connor, Meggan |
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McKinzie, Hayley McKinzie, Tamara Hurwitz and her husband, Kevin, |
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and Amy Johnston; to his six great-grandchildren; to his close |
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friend and companion, Tyla Oswald; and to his other relatives and |
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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 Glidden |
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D. O'Connor, Jr. |