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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately convey the immense sorrow |
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felt at the loss of Thomas Lee Hultgren of New Braunfels, who passed |
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away on February 14, 2013, at the age of 49; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Robert Karl Hultgren and Shirley Jean |
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Hultgren, "Tommy" Hultgren was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on |
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March 30, 1963; at the age of eight, he moved with his family to San |
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Antonio, where he grew up and established himself as a |
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tried-and-true Texan; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hultgren, after attending North Texas State |
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University, developed a passion for photography while working for |
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the Denton Record-Chronicle; his gift for capturing people and |
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places was carried on throughout his life, with stints at the |
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Kerrville Daily Times and the San Antonio Light and eventually as a |
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freelance photographer for The Associated Press, the former |
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Southwestern Bell telephone company, and H-E-B; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hultgren's photographs were beyond merely |
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artistic in nature; each snapshot embodied his perspective on life, |
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effortlessly capturing what seemed commonplace and turning it into |
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something special; his easygoing personality, paired with a |
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generous heart, helped people feel comfortable and at ease and |
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aided him in the preservation of countless perfect moments on film; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, He touched innumerable lives through his work and |
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impressed all those who came to know him with his concern for |
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others and his optimism; moreover, his love for others was also |
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evident from the great devotion he showed to his wife and children; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, While his life ended far too soon, Thomas Hultgren |
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brought abundant joy to his loved ones, and his legacy inspires all |
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who presume themselves ordinary to carry on in extraordinary |
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fashion; 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 Thomas Lee Hultgren |
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and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Julie Jerome; to his mother, Shirley Hultgren; to his four |
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children: sons, Ethan and Ansen Hultgren, stepson, Teddy Crimmins, |
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and stepdaughter, Addie Crimmins; to his sisters, Susan Reyes and |
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her husband, Jesse, and Jo Anne Hultgren; to his brothers, Robert |
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Hultgren and his wife, Joyce, and Mike Hultgren and his wife, |
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Cheryl; and to his many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Thomas Lee |
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Hultgren. |