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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may |
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comfort those saddened by the death of Herta B. Sokolyk of New |
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Braunfels on January 4, 2013, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Herta Barbara Vollert was born on April |
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14, 1924, in Schweinfurt, Germany; she was educated as an x-ray |
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technician at a boarding school in Freiburg, and she later worked at |
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the Schweinfurt city hospital during World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the war, Mrs. Vollert fell in love with |
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Wasyl Sokolyk, a surgeon from the Ukraine, and the couple |
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immigrated to the United States in 1952; they were married in |
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Brooklyn in 1956, and later moved to Cleveland and Kansas City |
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before settling in Kerrville in 1961; over the years, their family |
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grew to include a son, Stephen, as well as three grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Sokolyk was active in a number of |
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organizations, including the Buck and Bull Club, the Kerr County |
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Extension Homemakers, the German Club, and the local Republican |
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Party; in addition, she was financial secretary for Hermann Sons |
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Lodge No. 12 for a number of years, and she also volunteered her |
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time as an election worker and as a thrift-shop employee for the |
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Humane Society; and |
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WHEREAS, After her husband passed away in 1989, Mrs. Sokolyk |
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took frequent trips abroad and visited relatives and schoolmates in |
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her home country; she moved to New Braunfels in 2006 to be closer to |
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her son and his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Herta Sokolyk was a woman of strength and compassion |
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who remained engaged in the world throughout her life, and the joy |
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she found in helping others will forever serve as an inspiration to |
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her loved ones; 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 life of Herta Sokolyk and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her son, |
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Stephen Sokolyk, and his wife, Beth; to her grandchildren, Katie, |
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Alex, and Steffi; to her stepsister, Elisabeth Ludwig; and to her |
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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 Herta |
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Sokolyk. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1024 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 27, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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