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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A caring and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Norma Vela Segovia of Mission on July 9, 2022, at the age |
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of 66; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Ramiro and Hermila Vela, Norma |
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Segovia was born on June 21, 1956; she graduated from La Joya High |
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School in 1974 and continued her education at Pan American |
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University, where she earned a degree in speech pathology; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to helping students with speech |
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impediments, Mrs. Segovia enjoyed a rewarding career as a speech |
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pathologist with the Mission Consolidated Independent School |
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District that spanned three decades; following her retirement, she |
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worked in the private sector; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1979, she married Raymundo Segovia, and the |
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couple shared 28 years of marriage, before Mr. Segovia's death in |
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2007; Mrs. Segovia was a loving mother to her three children, Ramon, |
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Ramiro, and Rebekah, and a doting grandmother to her eight |
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grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply dedicated to her family and her faith, Norma |
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Segovia was a source of joy to all who shared in the richness of her |
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life, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Norma Vela Segovia |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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sons, Ramon Segovia and his wife, Avelina, and Ramiro Segovia and |
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his wife, Segovia; to her daughter, Rebekah Menchaca, and her |
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husband, Jorge; to her grandchildren, Isabella, Ryan, Raelynn, Ray, |
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Roman, Max, Alina, and Emma; to her sisters, Cynthia Vela and Debra |
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Vela-Leal and her husband, Esiquio; to her mother-in-law, Dolores |
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Segovia; to her brother-in-law, Raul Segovia, and his wife, Melly; |
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to her sisters-in-law, Margaret Rodriguez and her husband, Oscar, |
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Mary Ann Vela and her husband, JJ, Ramona Espinoza and her husband, |
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Gene, and Maggie Vallejo and her husband, John; to her companion, |
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Ramiro Zamora; and to her other friends and relatives; and, be it |
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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 Norma |
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Segovia. |