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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 Frank Steve Manitzas of San Antonio, who died on July |
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18, 2014, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Greek immigrants, Frank Manitzas was born |
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in San Angelo on May 12, 1934, to Steve and Helen Leondaridou |
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Manitzas; he earned a degree from The University of Texas and went |
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on to join the U.S. Army; and |
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WHEREAS, During his military service at Fort Sam Houston in |
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San Antonio, Mr. Manitzas met and fell in love with Mary Ellen |
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Saunders, and they shared nearly six decades of marriage; with the |
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passing years, their family grew to include four children, Pam, |
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Debbie, Steve, and Tom, as well as six grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Manitzas received his juris doctorate from The |
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University of Texas; licensed in 1959, he worked for a time with the |
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National Labor Relations Board before entering private practice in |
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1966; he specialized in representing management in labor and |
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employment law cases, and he served as chair of the Labor and |
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Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas; he also took part |
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in the pilot program that established the Texas Board of Legal |
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Specialization and served on the board's Labor Law Advisory |
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Commission; passionately committed to the law, he continued to |
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practice until a month before his death; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite his busy professional life, Mr. Manitzas |
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found time to pursue his interest in photography, recording the |
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milestones of his family and friends in pictures; he shared his love |
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of poetry with his children and grandchildren, teaching them poems |
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by Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg; he also loved animals, and his |
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farm in Comfort was home to many cats, dogs, horses, alpacas, |
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donkeys, and chickens; and |
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WHEREAS, A true Texas gentleman, Frank Manitzas was deeply |
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devoted to his family, his profession, and his country, and the |
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wisdom, integrity, and generosity with which he lived his life will |
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forever inspire all who had the good fortune to know him; now, |
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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 Frank Steve |
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Manitzas and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Mary Ellen Manitzas; to his children and their |
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spouses, Pam Uhr and Stan McElroy, Debra and Phillip Trueman, Steve |
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Manitzas, and Thomas and Marsha Manitzas; to his grandchildren, |
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Marshall, Carson, and Hunter Uhr, Tyler and Elliott Trueman, and |
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Caitlin Manitzas; to his sister, Frances Tefas, and her husband, |
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Steve; to his nephew, Steve Tefas, and his wife, Rebecca; to his |
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niece, Stephanie Snedden, and her husband, Ted; to his extended |
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family members Sylvia and Gonzalo Barbosa and their family; to his |
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longtime friend, George Tamez; and to his other friends and |
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relatives; 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 Frank |
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Manitzas. |