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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close with the passing of Mary Patricia Puig Mueller of Corpus |
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Christi on April 2, 2023, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. Valentine Lawrence Puig and |
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Louise Payne Puig, the former Patty Puig was born in Laredo on |
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December 10, 1931; after graduating from The University of Texas at |
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Austin with a degree in education and a minor in business, she moved |
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to Corpus Christi, where she began working as an elementary school |
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teacher and met her future husband, Joe Mueller, with whom she |
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shared 62 years of marriage before his passing in 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, Mrs. Mueller held |
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leadership positions in the Coastal Bend Community Foundation, the |
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Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast Council of the |
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Boy Scouts of America, and the Nueces River Authority; she also |
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dedicated herself to the Corpus Christi Public Library Foundation |
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Board and helped raise funds for a new public library in Corpus |
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Christi; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Mueller strongly believed that "no one can take |
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your education away from you," and she and her husband gave |
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generously of their time and resources to scholarship funds across |
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Texas; moreover, she served on a number of university councils and |
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boards, including The University of Texas at Austin's Development |
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Board and the Texas A&M University Vision 2020 Advisory Council; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Although she will be deeply missed, the passage of |
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time will never diminish the joy and love that Patty Puig Mueller |
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brought into the lives of all who knew her; now, 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 Mary Patricia Puig |
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Mueller and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Michelle Mueller, Martha |
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Mueller-Guicciardini and her husband, Federico, Mary Pat "M. P." |
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Mueller, Paul Mueller and his wife, Beth, and Julianna Clardy and |
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her husband, Mike; to her sister, Sara Puig Laas; to her brother, |
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Dick Puig, and his wife, Ingrid; to her grandchildren and |
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great-grandchildren; and to her many other relatives and friends; |
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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 Patty Puig |
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Mueller. |
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Hunter |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1155 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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