| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, A fruitful and accomplished life drew to a close on |
|
|
May 3, 2011, with the passing of Victoriano "Tano" Leal, Sr., at the |
|
|
age of 64; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The son of Luis and Maria Caballero Leal, Victoriano |
|
|
Leal, Sr., was raised in Concepcion, Texas, and graduated from |
|
|
Benavides High School in 1966; he went on to earn his bachelor's |
|
|
degree from East Texas State University and would continue his |
|
|
studies at Texas A & I University in Kingsville, where he earned a |
|
|
Master of Arts Degree and administrative certification; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Mr. Leal began a successful teaching career after |
|
|
earning his graduate degree, he taught junior high students at San |
|
|
Diego Independent School District in Texas for more than 15 years; |
|
|
he then went on to become an elementary principal in Realitos, |
|
|
Texas, and then a junior high principal and Director of Federal |
|
|
Programs at Benavides Independent School District; he was an |
|
|
admirable man of strong moral fiber who dedicated his life to |
|
|
shaping his community's youth into the leaders he knew they were |
|
|
capable of becoming; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Mr. Leal possessed strong zeal for community |
|
|
service, which is evident by the eight years he spent as a valued |
|
|
and effective member of the school board of Benavides Independent |
|
|
School District, he was also a member of the Texas State Teachers |
|
|
Association, Texas State School Administrators Association, and |
|
|
Texas Cattlemen's Association; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Victoriano Leal, Sr., was a loving husband, devout |
|
|
father, cherished grandfather, and treasured sibling who greatly |
|
|
valued his family and was a firm believer in helping his fellow |
|
|
neighbor; the lives he touched are numerous and the lessons he |
|
|
taught will continue to live on with many in his community; now, |
|
|
therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby pays tribute to the memory of Mr. Victoriano |
|
|
"Tano" Leal, Sr., and extends sincere condolences to the members of |
|
|
his family: to his wife of 42 years, Mrs. Emma Lou Gutierrez Leal; |
|
|
to his three sons, Victoriano Leal, Jr., Joe Dan Leal, and Eden |
|
|
Adrain Leal; and his daughter, Katrina Wood; to to his two brothers, |
|
|
Luis Leal, Jr., and Jose Leal; to his sister, Eloisa Coy; to his |
|
|
sister-in-law, Maria Hilda Lopez; and to his granddaughter, |
|
|
Katalina Emma Wood; and to his many other relatives and friends; |
|
|
and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
|
|
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mr. |
|
|
Victoriano Leal, Sr. |