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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Eliseo Garcia Navarro of San Antonio, who passed away on August |
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1, 2014, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Eliseo Navarro was born on March 5, 1925, in |
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Asherton to Aurelio and Maria Navarro; he graduated from Asherton |
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High School and then answered his nation's call to duty, serving in |
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the European theater during World War II; after his discharge from |
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the military, he enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin and |
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earned his bachelor's degree; he later graduated with a master's |
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degree in social work from Our Lady of the Lake University and |
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studied for his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to serving others, Mr. Navarro was |
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employed as a truancy officer and probation officer in Texas and |
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Illinois before embarking on a successful career as an educator |
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that included positions at Loyola University, UT Austin, and the |
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University of Michigan; even after retiring from higher education, |
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he continued to mentor young people by working as a teacher at Emma |
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Fry Elementary School in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, he enjoyed the love and |
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support of his wife, the former Dora Elia Jimenez Saenz, who |
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preceded him in death; the couple raised four children, Ricardo, |
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Maria Teresa, Diana, and Carlos, and with the passing years the |
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family grew to include six grandchildren and two |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Eliseo Navarro will be deeply missed, but the |
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generosity and commitment with which he lived his life will forever |
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inspire all those 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 Eliseo Garcia |
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Navarro and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his children, Ricardo, Diana, and Carlos; to his sister, Maria |
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Perez; to his grandchildren, Cesar, Gabriel, and Vanessa Morales |
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and Alejandro, Liliana, and Dora Navarro; to his |
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great-grandchildren, Anjali and Ananda Navarro; and to his other |
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relatives and many 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 Eliseo |
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Garcia Navarro. |