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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 105th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Stella Tobola of Rockwall marked this |
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joyous occasion on September 23, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Vince Alois Fajkus and Anna Mary Fajkus in |
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Flatonia in 1916, the former Stella Fajkus grew up in West; she |
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worked daily on her family's farm, and she also helped make ends |
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meet during the Great Depression by playing banjo and accordion and |
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singing in a band with her four siblings, Charlie, Tom, Frank, and |
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Evelyn; and |
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WHEREAS, At the age of 25, she married Adolph George Tobola, |
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and they settled in Dallas; the couple raised five children, |
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Margaret, Jerry, Gene, Joe, and Judy, and shared a fulfilling |
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marriage until the passing of Mr. Tobola in 1986; a devout |
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Catholic, Mrs. Tobola was very active in her church, serving as a |
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Eucharistic minister and collecting food to bring to parishioners |
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in need; after moving to Ennis, she began working at Minyard's Meat |
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Market, where she was employed for many years before her |
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retirement; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Mrs. Tobola is the treasured matriarch of her |
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family, and she especially enjoys Christmas, when her loved ones |
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can all gather together; she likes making kolaches and apple |
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strudel, using skills her mother taught her when she was a little |
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girl; and |
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WHEREAS, Stella Tobola is a source of tremendous inspiration, |
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and in sharing the experience gained through more than a century of |
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life well lived, she bestows a precious gift of wisdom that benefits |
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all who are fortunate enough to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Stella Tobola |
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on her 105th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Tobola as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |