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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of League City are mourning the loss of |
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volunteer firefighter cadet Donald Mark Mize, who passed away on |
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March 6, 2013, at the age of 63; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Harvey Donald and Ona Elizabeth Mize, |
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Donald Mize was born on December 2, 1949; raised in the Denver |
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Harbor area of Houston, he graduated from Austin High School and |
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went on to earn a master's degree in education; he made his career |
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as an educator, teaching first in Galveston and later in the Clear |
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Creek Independent School District before retiring from teaching |
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high school students in 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan was active in his community |
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in a number of ways; he held membership in the Galveston Historical |
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Foundation, helping to secure official designations for historic |
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sites, and in retirement he joined the Texas State Guard, completed |
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the Citizens Police Academy in League City, and applied to become a |
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cadet with the League City Volunteer Fire Department, fulfilling a |
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lifelong dream; a man of faith as well, he attended St. Mary's |
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Catholic Church and belonged to the Knights of Columbus; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Mize was devoted to his family, including his |
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wife, Theresa, and his daughter, Stacey; he also welcomed into his |
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family two stepsons, Keith and James, and two grandsons, Jordan and |
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Connor; and |
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WHEREAS, Although he will be deeply missed, Donald Mize |
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leaves behind a wealth of memories that will long be treasured by |
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all those fortunate enough to have known him; 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 Donald Mize and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Theresa |
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Mize; to his daughter, Stacey Mize; to his grandsons, Jordan and |
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Connor; to his stepsons, Keith and James Kahanek; to his mother, Ona |
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Elizabeth Mize; to his brother, James Mize; to his sister, Rebecca |
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Mize; and 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 Donald |
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Mize. |