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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Eva Charlotte Hahn of Temple on July 9, 2025, at the age |
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of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Jaroslav and Marie Riha, the former |
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Eva Karolina Marie Riha was born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, on |
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February 2, 1938; her family resisted the invading Nazi regime and |
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then escaped communism in 1950 by hiding in a produce van; as a |
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refugee in Australia, she worked at Commonwealth Serum Laboratories |
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and was chosen to help develop the country's first batch of the Salk |
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polio vaccine; the Rihas were finally able to move to the U.S. in |
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1958, and she became a lab technician at the Southwest Foundation |
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for Research and Education in San Antonio; after gaining |
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citizenship in 1963, she married Dr. H. Herbert Hahn II; his career |
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in the U.S. Foreign Service took them to Cambodia and Ghana, and |
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they traveled the world extensively; and |
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WHEREAS, The Hahns ultimately settled in Temple to raise |
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their four children, Carla, Christopher, Catherine, and Steven; an |
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avid reader with many interests, Mrs. Hahn provided a lively |
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intellectual environment at home; she was a marvelous cook and |
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hostess, and her guests were always spellbound by her vivid |
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storytelling; in addition, she volunteered in the Temple |
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Independent School District for over a decade and served on the |
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city's Desegregation Committee, and she was an officer in the |
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Women's Auxiliary of the Bell County Medical Society, the Good |
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Earth Garden Club, and the Republican Party of Bell County; deeply |
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patriotic, she sought to promote freedom and democracy and check |
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the growth of communism; when her children were older, she realized |
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her dream of entrepreneurship and opened a successful antique |
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business; she also enjoyed working on the family ranch in western |
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Bell County; she and her husband shared a fulfilling 59-year |
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marriage until his passing; devoted to her loved ones, she |
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continued to prepare take-home gourmet meals for her children and |
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grandchildren's families until her final months; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Eva Hahn is greatly missed, she leaves |
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behind a legacy that will long be treasured by all those who held |
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her dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Eva Charlotte Hahn and extend sincere sympathy to the members of |
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her family: to her sister, Georgina Brand, and her husband, Thomas; |
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to her children, Carla Clardy and her husband, James Mark, |
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Christopher Hahn and his wife, Sarah, Catherine Prochko and her |
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husband, Michael, and Steven Hahn and his wife, Julie; to her |
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nephews, John Brand and his wife, Ashley, and Paul Brand; to her 15 |
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grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives |
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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 Eva |
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Charlotte Hahn. |