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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 Larry Richard Larsen of Houston, who passed away on February 9, |
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2015, at the age of 68; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on March 13, 1946, in Concordia, Kansas, Larry |
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Larsen was the son of Arthur and Mildred Barleen Larsen; after |
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graduating from Kansas State University with a degree in |
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engineering, he went on to attend Wharton Graduate School at the |
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University of Pennsylvania; a United States Army veteran, he served |
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his country during the Vietnam War, earning a Bronze Star; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Larsen worked for McKinsey & Company, Raymond |
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International, and Portman Grey Partners before joining the staff |
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of Powell Industries; he routinely went out of his way to lend |
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assistance and support to his colleagues at Powell and made many |
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friends along the way; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Larsen and his wife, Diane, shared a rewarding |
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marriage that spanned 45 years, and they became the proud parents of |
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a daughter, Kathryn; and |
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WHEREAS, Generous and outgoing, Larry Larsen enjoyed a life |
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that was rich in the intangibles that matter most, and he is deeply |
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missed by all those who held him dear; 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 Larry Richard |
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Larsen and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Diane M. Larsen; to his daughter, Kathryn Hunt Larsen; |
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to his sister, Anita Nelson, and her husband, Elden; to his nieces |
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and nephews, Deanna Garlow and her husband, Don, Scott Nelson and |
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his wife, Barbara, James Velghe, Maggie Glenn-Jones and her |
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husband, Kevin, and Katherine Crostarosa; and to his other |
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relatives and 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 Larry |
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Richard Larsen. |
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Davis of Harris |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1694 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 23, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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