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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Estelle Georgie Kaluza Pawelka Poole Bohac, who passed away on |
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February 28, 2014, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of John and Anne Kaluza, Mrs. Bohac was |
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born in Ammannsville on February 2, 1928; she moved to Lake Jackson |
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in 1959 and began work at Brockman's Department Store and Sears; she |
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was later employed in the mail room at Dow Chemical and eventually |
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retired after 15 years with the company; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly respected in her community, Mrs. Bohac gave |
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generously of her energy and talents to many worthy groups; among |
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the organizations benefiting from her interest were the Fraternal |
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Order of Eagles, the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of |
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Texas, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and heart, cancer, |
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muscular dystrophy, and cystic fibrosis associations; a charter |
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member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, she served on the pastoral |
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council and as a teacher and auction chair; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was frequently recognized for |
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her efforts in behalf of her fellow citizens; the Brazosport |
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Business and Professional Women's Club named her Woman of the Year |
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in 1969, as did the Brazosport Chamber of Commerce four years later; |
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she received the Personalities of the South Award twice, and she was |
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included in the World Who's Who of Women; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Estelle Kaluza married Fritz Wolfgang |
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Pawelka in 1953, marking the beginning of a rewarding union that |
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spanned a decade until his death in 1963; she later found a devoted |
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companion in R. T. Poole, and the couple were married in 1967; after |
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Mr. Poole passed away, she was a single mother for many years until |
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she reconnected with a childhood friend, Frank Bohac, whom she wed |
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in 1994; she was the loving mother of five beloved children, |
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Darrell, Dean, Durwin, Denise, and Darcy; and |
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WHEREAS, Estelle Bohac lived a rich and purposeful life, and |
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she leaves behind a record of service that her loved ones can |
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remember with pride; 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 life of Estelle Bohac and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Frank Bohac; to her sons, Darrell Pawelka and his wife, |
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Glenda, Dean Pawelka and his wife, Shirley, and Durwin Pawelka; to |
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her daughter-in-law, Rachel Pawelka; to her stepdaughter, Teresa |
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Bohac Wagner; to her son-in-law, Michael Mobley; to her |
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grandchildren, Renee Pawelka and her husband, Cody, Ashley, Dane, |
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Jennifer, and Jonathan Pawelka, Chelsea Erickson, Stephen and |
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Michael Forkum, Douglas Mobley, and Cynthia Huddleston and her |
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husband, Jeremy; to her great-grandchildren, C. J. Erickson, Caleb, |
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Madison, and Caimyn Maddox, and Mikayla, Logan, and Eli Huddleston; |
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to her sisters, Pauline Trefny and Gladys Thurman and her husband, |
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Ed; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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ESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in honor of Estelle |
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Bohac. |
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Bohac |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2293 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 21, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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