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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life filled with joyful times and meaningful |
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accomplishments drew to a close with the passing of Thomas Irving |
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Hennigan of San Antonio on August 1, 2025, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Marguerite Thomas Belisle and Ray |
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Hennigan, Tom Hennigan was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, on |
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August 21, 1941; his entrepreneurial spirit led him to a career in |
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the real estate industry in partnership with his wife, Peggy |
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Koesterman Hennigan; he opened a loan servicing company and became |
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involved in investor education; as president of the New Orleans |
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Real Estate Investor Group, he expanded membership from 35 to more |
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than 800; traveling the country for seminars and conferences, he |
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met with his counterparts and recognized the potential of a |
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nationwide network; his organization hosted a meeting in New |
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Orleans in 1985, and its success led the Hennigans to establish the |
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conference that became the National Real Estate Investors |
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Association; he served as president of the organization, which |
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today has over 30,000 members; he also founded the San Antonio REIA; |
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while pursuing a successful career as an investor, landlord, and |
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rehabber, he was always happy to mentor others and share his |
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encyclopedic knowledge of real estate; and |
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WHEREAS, Tom and Peggy Hennigan were the proud parents of a |
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son, Stephen, and their treasured family grew to include two |
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granddaughters, Megan and Callie; the devoted couple shared a |
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fulfilling 46-year relationship until Mrs. Hennigan's passing in |
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2010; fortunate to find love a second time, Mr. Hennigan married |
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the former Lucha Esquivel on February 4, 2013; among his favorite |
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pastimes were visiting his beloved New Orleans, traveling the |
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world, and cruising the Caribbean with his friends and the National |
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REIA groups; outgoing and optimistic, he brightened the days of all |
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he encountered with his warmth, kindness, and dry sense of humor; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, While his loss is difficult to bear, Tom Hennigan |
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leaves behind numerous friends and loved ones whose lives are far |
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richer for having known him, and he will forever hold a special |
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place in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Thomas Irving Hennigan and extend sincere sympathy to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Lucha Esquivel Hennigan; to his |
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son, Stephen Hennigan, and his wife, Tracy; to his grandchildren, |
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Megan and Callie Hennigan; to his sister, Judy Klopp; to his |
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nephews, Joe, Jimmy, and Nicholas Impastato; to his stepchildren, |
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Celeste Goshorn and Eric Mayworm; and to his many 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 his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Tom |
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Hennigan. |