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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of San Angelo lost a renowned business and |
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civic leader with the passing of Virginia Etta Henkel Holland on |
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June 3, 2012, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Virginia Henkel was born in Orlando, |
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Florida, on December 22, 1923, to Myrta Duncan and Alphaeus Henkel; |
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growing up during the Great Depression, she learned the value of |
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hard work at an early age, and that knowledge served her well |
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throughout her life; shortly after World War II, she met Captain |
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I. J. Chase Holland, Jr., and they were joined in matrimony on |
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February 9, 1946; the couple settled in Mr. Holland's hometown of |
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San Angelo, which Virginia Holland adopted wholeheartedly as her |
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own; and |
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WHEREAS, While taking care of their two sons, Chase and |
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William, Mrs. Holland worked alongside her husband in his father's |
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business, Holland Jewelry; she also found time to involve herself |
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in a variety of church and community projects, among them the |
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endeavors of the Young Women's Service League, which she helped to |
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charter as the Junior League of San Angelo; in 1960, her |
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father-in-law passed away, and she and her husband became the |
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owners of Holland Jewelry; and |
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WHEREAS, The Hollands shared a rewarding marriage of more |
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than two decades before Mr. Holland's untimely death in 1968; |
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Virginia Holland subsequently took the helm of the family business, |
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mastering her new responsibilities with the assistance of a loyal |
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staff, and the company flourished; through the years, she embraced |
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the store's employees as extended family, and in 1979 she was named |
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"Boss of the Year" by Credit Women International; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic woman had the distinction of becoming |
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the first female director of the Texas Jewelers Association; she |
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was active in the Southwest Jewelers' Group, and she attained |
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certification as a "registered jeweler" with the American Gem |
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Society; thanks in part to her 66 years of dedicated service to |
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Holland Jewelry, the company has been recognized with a Texas |
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Treasure Business Award by the Texas Historical Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Holland married Lee W. Sanders in 1970, and |
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during the nearly quarter of a century that followed, they enjoyed |
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such pastimes as travel and developing a retreat in Irion County; in |
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her later years, Mrs. Holland continued to take pleasure in |
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spending time with her family and with her many dear friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Virginia Holland lived a compassionate and |
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purposeful life, one in which professional achievement went hand in |
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hand with an abiding commitment to her loved ones, and her legacy |
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will continue to resonate for years to come in the community she was |
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proud to call home; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Virginia Etta |
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Henkel Holland and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her sons and daughters-in-law, Chase Holland III and Kay |
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Holland and William Stuart and Janet Holland; to her grandchildren, |
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Chase Holland IV and Traci Holland, Bradlee and Julianna Holland, |
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Stuart and Holly Holland, David and Jen Holland, Chelsea Holland, |
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Grant and Missy Huling, and Garrett and Natalie Huling; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Emily Holland, Chase Holland V, Gardner |
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Holland, Griggs Holland, Sumner Holland, Duncan Holland, Kate |
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Virginia Holland, Ava Huling, Grayson Huling, Madelyn Huling, and |
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Harper Huling; to her cousin, C. E. Bradshaw; to her niece, Shirley |
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Tindall; to her nephew, Robert Tindall; to her stepchildren, Sandra |
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and Bobby Carter, Richard and Janell Sanders, and James and Sheila |
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Sanders; and 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 Virginia |
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Holland. |