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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hilderbran H.R. No. 22 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever hold dear their |
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| 7 | 7 | | memories of Oscar Neunhoffer of Kerrville, who died on June 27, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2007, at the age of 83; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Born on December 10, 1923, Mr. Neunhoffer was a |
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| 10 | 10 | | graduate of Tivy High School; during World War II he took time from |
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| 11 | 11 | | his studies at Texas A&M University to serve his country in Europe; |
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| 12 | 12 | | commissioned a lieutenant, he later assisted at the Nuremberg |
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| 13 | 13 | | Trials in his capacity as a military policeman; after returning |
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| 14 | 14 | | stateside, he graduated from Texas A&M with the Class of 1945; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Neunhoffer married Anna Broussard in 1947, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | they made their home variously in India, Rhodesia, Kenya, South |
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| 17 | 17 | | Africa, and Switzerland, as his career with the Caterpillar Tractor |
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| 18 | 18 | | Company took them all over the world; this esteemed Texan worked on |
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| 19 | 19 | | such important projects as the construction of the Kiribi Dam in |
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| 20 | 20 | | Pakistan and diamond mines in South Africa; he also played a crucial |
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| 21 | 21 | | role in delivering equipment for diamond mining and pipeline |
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| 22 | 22 | | operations in Siberia; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his retirement, Mr. Neunhoffer was |
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| 24 | 24 | | president of Caterpillar Tractor SA in Geneva, Switzerland, and |
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| 25 | 25 | | vice president of operations in Peoria, Illinois; he concluded his |
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| 26 | 26 | | long and highly successful tenure with the company in 1987 and |
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| 27 | 27 | | retired with his wife to the Texas Hill Country; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, The richness of Oscar Neunhoffer's life can be seen |
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| 29 | 29 | | in his cherished family and friends and in his myriad |
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| 30 | 30 | | accomplishments, and he will be remembered with deep fondness by |
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| 31 | 31 | | all who were blessed to share in the warmth of his love and |
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| 32 | 32 | | affection; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Oscar Neunhoffer |
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| 35 | 35 | | and offer sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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| 36 | 36 | | wife, Anna; to his daughter, Carol; to his grandson, Erik |
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| 37 | 37 | | Neunhoffer; to his nephews, Julius and Marvin Neunhoffer; to his |
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| 38 | 38 | | grandnieces, Victoria, Heidi, and Katherine Neunhoffer; and to his |
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| 39 | 39 | | other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 41 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 42 | 42 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Oscar |
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| 43 | 43 | | Neunhoffer. |
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