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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 284
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In Memory |
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Helen Kilroy |
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WHEREAS, Countless lives were touched by the kindness and |
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generosity of Helen Kilroy of Santa Fe, Texas, who passed away on |
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December 22, 2014, at the age of 70; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on November 5, 1944, Helen Kilroy worked as |
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an executive assistant and later enjoyed a career as a travel |
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agent; she and her husband, Jim Kilroy, shared 47 years together |
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and became the parents of two beloved sons, Mark and Keith; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her personal and professional |
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responsibilities, Mrs. Kilroy served as a volunteer with many |
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organizations in the Santa Fe and Hitchcock region; she played an |
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instrumental role in establishing the Santa Fe Independent |
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School District School Education Foundation and served on the |
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board of Santa Fe Parks and Recreation; a district leader for the |
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Bay Area Council Cub Scouts, she helped start the Cub Scout pack |
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at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church; as a member of that church |
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for more than 40 years, Mrs. Kilroy served the congregation as a |
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Eucharistic minister and as the organizer of the church's |
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auction, and she also fostered seven young children through |
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Catholic charities; furthermore, she volunteered as an emergency |
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medical technician and paramedic for the Santa Fe Emergency |
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Medical Services ambulance and worked with Meals on Wheels; and |
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WHEREAS, Of all her community endeavors, closest to her |
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heart was her establishment of the Mark Kilroy Foundation with |
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her husband; named in honor of the couple's 21-year-old son who |
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was kidnapped and killed in Mexico by drug smugglers in 1989, the |
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foundation was created to support anti-drug efforts; Mrs. Kilroy |
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also helped organize the Substance Abuse Free Environment |
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program and the annual Mark Kilroy Foundation Fundraiser, which |
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helps secure grants for youth counselors; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to her family and her community, |
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Helen Kilroy lived a caring and purposeful life, and she will |
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forever be remembered with admiration and affection by all who |
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held her close to their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Helen Kilroy and |
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extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her family: to |
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her husband, Jim Kilroy; to her son, Keith Kilroy, and his wife; |
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to her two grandchildren; to her three sisters; and to her 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 her family and that when the Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Helen Kilroy. |
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Taylor of Galveston |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 2, 2015, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |