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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of |
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Benita T. Martinez of San Diego, Texas, who passed away on |
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March 12, 2022, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Francisco Trigo Sr. and Gettudes |
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Valerio Trigo, the former Benita Trigo was born on April 3, 1931; |
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she married Alejandro L. "Cano" Martinez, and they were blessed |
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with 14 children, Jose "Chemita," Alejandro, Francisco, Albert, |
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Humberto, Roberto, Gilberto, Bertha, Sylvia, Dora, Dalia, Sandra, |
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Donna, and Diana; through the years, Mrs. Martinez experienced the |
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joy of welcoming numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren |
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into her treasured family; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Martinez were employed as migrant |
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workers in the late 1960s, and she lovingly guided her sons and |
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daughters as they traveled to fields in northern states; determined |
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to further her education, she eventually returned to school to earn |
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her GED and associate degree; she served as a teacher's aide in the |
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San Diego Independent School District before going on to work for |
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the Duval County 229th District Court Juvenile Department for more |
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than two decades; dedicated to her community, she volunteered at |
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the senior civic center; she enjoyed playing and singing as a member |
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of the Guadalupana Mariachi and the St. Francis de Paula Catholic |
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Church Choir; and |
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WHEREAS, Benita Martinez lived a full and generous life |
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surrounded by those she loved, and they will forever carry her close |
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in their hearts; 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 Benita T. Martinez |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Alejandro Martinez Jr. and his wife, Sylvia, Francisco |
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Martinez and his wife, Catherine, Albert T. Martinez, Humberto |
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Martinez and his wife, Patricia, Roberto Martinez and his wife, |
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Rachel, Gilberto Martinez, Bertha C. Young and her husband, Mike, |
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Sylvia Martinez and her husband, Carlos, Dora L. Casas, Dalia |
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Miller and her husband, Paul, Sandra Cano and her husband, Pino, |
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Donna Martinez, and Diana Martinez Palacios; to her sisters, |
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Juanita Saenz, Maricella Montemayor, and Amalia Trejo; and to her |
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other relatives and 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 Benita |
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Martinez. |