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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Paul Hugo Weyrauch of Horseshoe Bay, who passed away on July 19, |
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2013, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 14, 1925, in Sterling, Illinois, |
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Paul Weyrauch graduated from Sterling High School and subsequently |
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served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy, including duty |
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aboard the USS Bremerton; he went on to earn a bachelor's degree at |
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the University of Notre Dame and a master of business |
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administration degree at the University of Michigan; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Weyrauch began his career in Pittsburg at |
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People's First National Bank before joining the treasury department |
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of Gulf Oil Corporation; he served as assistant treasurer in the |
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Houston office for many years and then returned to Pittsburg, where |
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he was promoted to treasurer; he retired in the early 1980s after |
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three decades with the company; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Mr. Weyrauch shared a |
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rewarding marriage with his wife, Marion, who was his childhood |
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sweetheart before they wed in 1948; together, they were blessed |
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with three daughters, Beth, Susan, and Nancy, and they delighted in |
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welcoming four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren into |
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their lives; and |
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WHEREAS, In retirement, the Weyrauches made their home in the |
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Blue Lake community on Lake LBJ and then settled in Horseshoe Bay; |
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Mr. Weyrauch gave back to his fellow citizens as a member of the |
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Llano school board and The University of Texas Business School |
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Advisory Council, and he was appointed by Governor Bill Clements to |
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the State Pension Review Board; moreover, he enjoyed teaching |
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part-time at the Texas State University business school; he and his |
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wife were charter members of The Church at Horseshoe Bay, and he |
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further contributed to the congregation as a trustee; and |
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WHEREAS, Paul Weyrauch made a positive difference in the |
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lives of countless people with his warmth, laughter, and humility, |
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and he will long be remembered with great admiration and affection |
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by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Paul Hugo Weyrauch and extend sincere condolences to the members |
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of his family: to his wife of 65 years, Marion Palmer Weyrauch; to |
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his daughters, Beth Butler and her husband, David, Susan Williams |
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and her husband, Mike, and Nancy Mehlert and her husband, Peter; to |
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his grandchildren, Sarah Sargent and her husband, Jim, Staff |
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Sergeant Paul Butler and his wife, Landry, Spencer Williams and his |
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wife, Amy, and Elizabeth Cole and her husband, Jake; to his |
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great-grandchildren, James and Will Sargent and June Williams; 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 Paul Hugo |
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Weyrauch. |