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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Charles |
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Otto Schumann of Stonewall, who passed away on March 22, 2013, at |
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the age of 71; and |
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WHEREAS, A fourth-generation Texan, Mr. Schumann was born in |
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Fredericksburg on April 6, 1941, the son of Otto and Esther |
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Schumann; he grew up with an older brother, Calvin, and a younger |
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sister, Karen, in the farming and ranching community of Albert; as a |
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boy, he learned to breed and raise cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, and |
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chickens, and he developed a love of breaking and training horses; |
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he was taught to make his own toys and became a skilled carpenter |
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and craftsman; sustained by a strong faith from an early age, he |
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attended Trinity Lutheran Church, which his grandfather and |
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great-grandfather had helped to found; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Schumann rode his pony to grade school in |
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Albert, and he subsequently went to school in Stonewall and |
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graduated from Fredericksburg High School; while studying at |
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Southwest Texas State University, he worked summers for the Zavala |
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County Soil Conservation Service, and he became a county agent |
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after completing his bachelor's degree in agriculture; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1965, Mr. Schumann married the former Mary Ann |
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Eardley, and over the years, they were blessed with two sons, Scott |
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Charles and William Bret, and three grandsons, Nathan, Justin, and |
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Wesley; Mr. Schumann instilled in his offspring pride in their |
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German heritage and in the land first settled by Mr. Schumann's |
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great-grandfather in the 19th century; and |
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WHEREAS, During the Vietnam War, Mr. Schumann served his |
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country in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Bliss in |
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El Paso; he was discharged in 1967 and moved to Fredericksburg seven |
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years later to work as the agricultural loan officer for Security |
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State Bank & Trust while also raising cattle and sheep; and |
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WHEREAS, This industrious Texan held a number of |
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administrative positions, including supervisor of grounds for |
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Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, supervisor of maintenance for |
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Fredericksburg ISD, and manager of a Corridor TV transmitting site, |
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which was built on his property in 2000; in addition, he built |
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several houses and other structures as rental properties and real |
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estate investments, and in 2003, he began a horse-breeding |
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business; he was a gifted horseman and found special joy in taking |
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care of the new foals; and |
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WHEREAS, Following in his father's footsteps, Mr. Schumann |
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was long involved with the Gillespie County Fair Association, which |
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he served as a director, and in October 2012, he received an |
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Honorary Lifetime Director Pin for his 16 years of service to the |
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association; moreover, he continued his father's tradition of |
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leadership in the Gillespie County Water Control & Improvement |
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District, and he enjoyed interacting with his neighbors while |
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working diligently in their behalf and striving to protect four |
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area dams; until a month before his passing, he served as the |
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organization's secretary-treasurer; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family and his community, |
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Charles Schumann made a meaningful difference in the lives of his |
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loved ones and fellow citizens alike, and his contributions will be |
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remembered for years to come; 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 Charles Otto |
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Schumann and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Mary Ann Schumann; to his two sons, Scott |
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Schumann and his wife, Reina, and Bret Schumann and his wife, |
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Tiffani; to his grandsons, Nathan, Justin, and Wesley Schumann; to |
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his sister, Karen Jenschke; to his stepgranddaughters, Raquel Boeck |
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and Kayla Contreras; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Charles |
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Schumann. |
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Smith |
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Miller of Comal |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1561 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 24, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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