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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Henrietta M. Haessly of Spring, who passed away on December 3, |
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2018, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Marek, the |
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former Henrietta Marek was born in Granger on February 13, 1938, and |
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she grew up on the family farm with six siblings, Alvin, Victor, |
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Irene, Margaret, Dennis, and Carolyn; after graduating as |
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valedictorian of the Granger High School Class of 1955, she |
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attended The University of Texas, and she went on to embark on a |
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career in the banking industry, becoming the assistant trust |
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officer of Republic National Bank in Dallas in 1965; and |
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WHEREAS, She was joined in matrimony to John Haessly in 1967, |
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and the couple shared a rewarding marriage that spanned 51 years; |
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Mrs. Haessly took great pride in her four children and their |
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spouses, Thomas Haessly and his wife, Paty, Andrea Haessly, Tanya |
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Hamlin and her husband, Mathew, and Robert Haessly, and she was a |
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doting grandmother to Greyson and Everett Hamlin; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in the Republican Party for many years, |
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Mrs. Haessly served as a delegate for George W. Bush at the |
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Republican National Convention in New York in 2004; she was also a |
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longtime member of the Texas Tea Party Republican Women and other |
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Republican organizations, where her effervescent personality |
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attracted many new members; for more than two decades, she and her |
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husband worked together to fulfill the duties of Republican |
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precinct chair and election judge for Precinct No. 552 in Spring; |
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in all her endeavors, Mrs. Haessly was sustained by her strong |
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Catholic faith; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her warm and generous nature, Henrietta |
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Haessly lived a rich and purposeful life devoted to her family, her |
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community, and her political ideals, and she leaves behind a legacy |
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that will continue to inspire those who had the good fortune to know |
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her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Henrietta M. |
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Haessly and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her |
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passing; 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 Henrietta |
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M. Haessly. |