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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 Loretta Katherine Robles Garcia, who passed away on February 9, |
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2019, at the age of 65; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Peter and Cecilia Robles Garcia, |
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Loretta Garcia was born on August 11, 1953, and she graduated from |
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Thomas Jefferson High School in 1972; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garcia went on to attend Durham Business |
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College, where she graduated in 1973; for a number of years, she |
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found employment through the Unicorn Centers, and she held several |
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positions at Burlington Coat Factory; from 1973 to 1991, she |
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assisted her mother at the Garcia Jewelry Manufacturing Company, |
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and she later worked for another Garcia family business, Division |
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Laundry and Cleaners; for 17 years, she helped her mother care for |
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her father, until his death; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2008, Ms. Garcia became the caregiver of her |
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mother, looking after her until her mother passed away in 2010; in |
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the remaining years of her life, Ms. Garcia lived in semiretirement |
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in the family home, fulfilling her promise to her late parents to |
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look after the house; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving daughter, sister, and aunt, Loretta Garcia |
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illuminated the lives of family and friends with the warmth of her |
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smile and her sense of humor, and memories of time spent in her |
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company will remain to comfort all those who were privileged enough |
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to know 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 life of Loretta Katherine |
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Robles Garcia and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her brother, Patrick Garcia, and his wife, Mary Helen |
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Garcia; to her nieces and nephew, Patricia, Theresa, and Patrick; |
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to her great-niece, Emma Ann; and to her other relatives and |
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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 Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Loretta |
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Katherine Robles Garcia. |