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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bell County lost one of its most esteemed community |
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leaders with the passing of Leroy Adolph Schiller on January 24, |
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2017, at the age of 70; and |
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WHEREAS, Leroy Schiller was born in Rosebud on April 8, 1946, |
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to Ernest and Leona Schiller; a member of the Rogers High School |
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Class of 1964, he earned an associate degree from Central Texas |
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College, a bachelor's degree from the University of Mary |
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Hardin-Baylor, and a master's degree in criminology from the |
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University of Central Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, After completing the Texas Department of Public |
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Safety Trooper Trainee Academy in 1967, Mr. Schiller served as a |
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state trooper for nearly three decades, before retiring in 1995; |
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the following year, he won election as Bell County commissioner for |
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Precinct 3; he held that office for two terms and subsequently |
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served as the county tax appraisal liaison officer for eight years; |
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he farmed throughout his life, first alongside his parents and his |
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brother, Weldon, and later with his own family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Schiller gave generously of his time and |
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energies to a host of professional and civic organizations; in |
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recognition of his many accomplishments, he received Trooper of the |
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Year Awards from the Temple Jaycees and the Temple Knights of |
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Columbus, a Distinguished Alumni Award from UMHB, and numerous |
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other honors; he was also widely admired for his talents as a |
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trumpeter and pianist, and he entertained area residents for almost |
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half a century as leader of the East Bell County Bohemian Brass Band |
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and Barbecue Society and the Clem Mikeska Barbecue Band; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Schiller shared nearly four decades of marriage |
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with his wife, Karyl, and the couple were blessed with five |
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children, Kevin Schiller and his wife, Lindsey, Kent Schiller and |
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his wife, Monica, Carrie Walsh and her husband, Tim, Kelly Arnold |
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and her husband, Dennis, and Amy Schiller, as well as 10 |
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grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Leroy Schiller lived a life that was rich in |
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personal and professional achievements, and he leaves behind a |
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legacy of service that will continue to inspire all those who knew |
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and loved him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That tribute be paid to the memory of Leroy Adolph |
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Schiller and that sincere condolences be extended to the members of |
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his family and to his 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 Leroy |
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Schiller. |
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Shine |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 695 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 16, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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