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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Comal County are mourning the loss of |
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admired community leader Robbi Boone of Canyon Lake, who died on |
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April 21, 2017, at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Chicago, the former Roberta Harris |
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attended Northwestern University in Evanston and earned a master's |
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degree in educational administration; she shared her love of |
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teaching with her husband, Dan Boone, with whom she enjoyed more |
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than 30 years of marriage before his passing in December 2016; the |
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couple were the devoted parents of four children, Angela, Darcy, |
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Todd, and Carrie, three of whom joined them in the teaching |
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profession, and they also took great pride in their four |
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grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Following her retirement, Ms. Boone settled with |
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her husband at Canyon Lake Ranch, where they operated several |
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businesses, including a bed-and-breakfast; they both became deeply |
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involved in the political life of Comal County, and Ms. Boone |
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served as president of the Democrats of Comal County and later as |
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chair of the Comal County Democratic Party; she seldom backed down |
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from the challenge of advancing progressive causes and candidates |
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in a Republican-dominated county, and the task of mobilizing voter |
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support brought out her natural ability to lead and motivate |
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others; she also served as first vice president of the Texas |
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Democratic County Chairs Association and supported her husband in |
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his own campaigns for office; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic woman loved her adopted state and was |
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active in many organizations over the years, and in her free time, |
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she nurtured a lifelong interest in art by drawing and painting |
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professionally; kind and generous, she had a positive outlook that |
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was contagious and that galvanized everyone around her to do the |
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best that they could to achieve their goals; and |
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WHEREAS, Robbi Boone was unyielding in fighting for the |
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causes in which she believed, and although her loss is keenly felt, |
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her passionate engagement in the world will forever inspire all |
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those who were privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Robbi Boone and extend |
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heartfelt condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Angela Boone, Darcy Lessel and her husband, Jeff, Todd |
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Silberman and his wife, Carolyn, and Carrie Silberman; to her |
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grandchildren, Molly, Samuel, Claire, and Elizabeth; to her sister, |
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Caryl, and her husband, Bob; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Robbi |
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Boone. |