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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 Teddy A. Klein of Tomball on May 6, 2011, at the age of 87; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Teddy Klein was born in Spring on December 9, 1923, |
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to Alex and Rosa Klein; he graduated from Tomball High School and |
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The University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of the Navy |
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ROTC, served as president of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, and was |
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part of Beta Gamma Sigma, the University Men's Glee Club, the Silver |
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Spurs, and the Longhorn Band; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his graduation, Mr. Klein was |
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commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy, serving for 18 months |
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during World War II; he was a gunnery officer on Admiral William |
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Halsey's flagship, the USS New Jersey BB-62, and participated in |
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the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns; and |
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WHEREAS, Along with his beloved wife, Leora Klein, who |
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preceded him in death, he owned Klein Funeral Homes and Memorial |
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Parks, a business that had been founded by his father; widely |
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respected by his peers, he was a member of the board of the National |
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Selected Morticians; his civic contributions included service as |
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president of the Tomball Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club and as |
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a member of the Tomball Independent School District Board of |
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Trustees; in recognition of his accomplishments, he was honored as |
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Tomball Citizen of the Year in 1971; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Klein was a lifelong member of the Lutheran |
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faith; he was a former chair of Zion Lutheran Church and belonged to |
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the board of elders at Salem Lutheran Church; in addition, he was a |
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member of the board of missions of the Texas District of the |
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Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Hospital Board of Houston, and the |
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Good Samaritan Lutheran Home board, which he helped to found; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man as well as an admired business |
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and community leader, Teddy Klein will be deeply missed, and |
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memories of his kind and generous nature will be forever cherished |
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by all who knew and loved 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 Teddy A. Klein and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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children, Margaret Cummings, Mark Klein and his wife, Jacqueline, |
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Martha Davis and her husband, Gary, and Matt Klein and his wife, |
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Kim; to his grandchildren, Stephanie Ashmore and her husband, |
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David, Lauren Vogel and her husband, Tom, Angela Blevins and her |
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husband, Mason, Heather Jacobs and her husband, Justin, and Hunter, |
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Allie, and Leslie Klein; to his great-grandchildren, Lillian and |
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McCallan Vogel and Alexander Ashmore; to his siblings, Margie |
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Fredrick and her husband, Jim, Rosalie Nelson, Robert Klein and his |
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wife, Ruthie, Shirley Harrington and her husband, Hap, A. B. Klein |
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and his wife, Elsa, Ida Malina and her husband, Joseph, and Milow |
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Klein and his wife, Rhonda; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Teddy |
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Klein. |
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Fletcher |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2384 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 30, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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