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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 44
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In Memory |
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Athena Strand |
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the shock and |
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profound sorrow felt by people across Texas and throughout the |
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nation at the tragic death of Athena Presley Monroe Strand of |
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Paradise on December 2, 2022, at the age of seven; and |
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WHEREAS, A precious little girl who was cherished by her |
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family and many friends, Athena Strand was born in Duncan, |
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Oklahoma, on May 23, 2015, to Jacob Strand and Maitlyn Gandy; her |
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circle of loved ones included her stepmother, Ashley Strand, and |
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her sisters, Rilyn, Yrsa, and Alice, as well as her grandparents |
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and great-grandparents and a host of other relatives who all |
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adored her; and |
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WHEREAS, Athena was in the first grade at Paradise |
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Elementary School, where she made friends effortlessly; she wore |
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an irrepressible smile to match her cheerful personality, and she |
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enjoyed dancing, singing, horseback riding, and accompanying her |
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father to Renaissance festivals; she also loved the color pink |
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and dreamed of growing up to be a Viking princess; and |
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WHEREAS, Athena Strand brought abundant joy to everyone |
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around her, and although her loss is immensely difficult to bear, |
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her memory will forever be treasured by all those who were |
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fortunate enough to share in the blessing of her life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Athena |
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Presley Monroe Strand and extend deepest condolences to the |
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members of her family: to her parents, Maitlyn Gandy and Jacob |
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Strand and his wife, Ashley; to her sisters, Rilyn Dawn Gandy, |
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Yrsa Liv Strand, and Alice Elizabeth Strand; to her |
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grandparents, Steven Kulbeth, Mark Strand, Shelly and Daymon |
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Crittenden, and Terry Stephens and his wife, Bridget; to her |
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great-grandparents, Doylene Thompson, Jackie Kulbeth, Eloise |
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Strand, and Jeannie Watson; to her aunts and uncles, Keeland |
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Kulbeth, Kaden Jones and her husband, Jerrad, Kayla Kaul and |
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her husband, Josh, Zachariah Strand and his wife, Heather, |
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Elijah Strand and his wife, Madison, Andrea Larrazolo, Isaiah |
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Castillo, Jacob Stevens, and Tyler and Christina; and to her |
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other relatives and friends and all those who join them in |
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mourning her passing; 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Athena Strand. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 24, 2023, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |