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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort |
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those saddened by the passing of Lilia Pena of Hebbronville on May |
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14, 2017, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Hebbronville on May 1, 1932, Lilia Pena was |
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the daughter of Jesus J. and Olivia Cadena Pena; she enjoyed a |
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40-year tenure with Jim Hogg County, having begun her career as a |
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typist in the county clerk's office in 1953; she went on to serve as |
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deputy and chief deputy in that office for many years before being |
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elected county and district clerk in 1974, and she fulfilled the |
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duties of that position for five terms until her retirement in 1994; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Pena lovingly raised a daughter, Fantina, and |
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she also took great pride in her two grandchildren and six |
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great-grandchildren; a woman of strong faith, she was a lifelong |
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member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church of Hebbronville and |
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its affiliated organization, La Sociedad de Josefa Ortiz de |
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Domínguez; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Lilia Pena is deeply missed, those who were |
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privileged to share in her love and friendship will forever |
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remember her with great admiration and affection; now, therefore, |
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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 Lilia Pena and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her daughter, |
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Fantina Garcia, and her husband, Victor; to her grandchildren, |
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Clarissa Sweatt and her husband, Ivan, and Claudia S. Esquivel and |
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her husband, Gilbert; to her great-grandchildren, Emilio Salinas, |
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Carina Esquivel, Eden Saenz, Victor M. Garcia III, Elias Saenz, and |
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Violet Garcia; to her nephews, Jorge A. Pena and his wife, Amalia, |
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and Javier F. Pena and his wife, Beverly; to her special cousin, |
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Jovita Montalvo; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Lilia Pena. |
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Guillen |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2694 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 29, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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