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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Edward William Kafer of San Angelo, who died on November |
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14, 2014, at the age of 97; and |
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WHEREAS, Edward Kafer was born in Hurnville on August 25, |
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1917, to Karl and Anna Kafer; answering his nation's call to duty as |
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a young man, he served in the U.S. Army, transporting prisoners of |
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war from France by way of New York to Camp Chaffee in Arkansas |
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during the latter days of World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a long and varied career, |
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Mr. Kafer was a dryland farmer in several locations in Texas, a |
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stock farmer in Hamilton County, and a night shift corrections |
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officer for the Texas Youth Council in Gatesville for 15 years; and |
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WHEREAS, After retiring from state employment, Mr. Kafer and |
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his wife, Willa Dene, owned and operated the Silver Spur restaurant |
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in Roby and then went on to work for the Fisher County Senior |
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Citizen Center, cooking and delivering meals to elderly patrons; |
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they later lived in Bronte before settling in San Angelo in 2002; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A keen outdoorsman and a Master Gardener, Mr. Kafer |
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took special pleasure in annual hunting trips with his |
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brothers-in-law, and he loved to share the bounty of his garden with |
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family and friends; he also delighted in the time he spent with his |
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grandchildren, drinking Dr Pepper, enjoying ice cream on the front |
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porch, and playing football in the front yard even into his 80s; and |
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WHEREAS, Ed Kafer lived a full and generous life rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and he will be long remembered with |
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deep affection by all who knew him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Edward William |
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Kafer and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones: to his wife |
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of 62 years, Willa Dene Kafer; to his children, Gary Kafer and his |
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wife, Mary, Judy Hurst and her husband, Paul, and Jim Bob Kafer and |
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his wife, Becky; to his grandchildren, April Eagan and her husband, |
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Scott, Michelle Ridenour and her husband, Curtis, Matt Hurst and |
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his wife, Jessica, Kylen Kafer and his wife, Amanda, Clayton Kafer |
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and his wife, Bailey, and Canyon Kafer; to his great-granddaughter, |
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Aubrey Anna Ridenour; to his sisters, Rosemary Schaffner, Ruth |
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Gardner, and Anna Lee Lewis; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Edward |
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William Kafer. |