H.R. No. 1310
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their
memories of Frank Steve Manitzas of San Antonio, who died on July
18, 2014, at the age of 80; and
WHEREAS, The son of Greek immigrants, Frank Manitzas was born
in San Angelo on May 12, 1934, to Steve and Helen Leondaridou
Manitzas; he earned a degree from The University of Texas and went
on to join the U.S. Army; and
WHEREAS, During his military service at Fort Sam Houston in
San Antonio, Mr. Manitzas met and fell in love with Mary Ellen
Saunders, and they shared nearly six decades of marriage; with the
passing years, their family grew to include four children, Pam,
Debbie, Steve, and Tom, as well as six grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Manitzas received his juris doctorate from The
University of Texas; licensed in 1959, he worked for a time with the
National Labor Relations Board before entering private practice in
1966; he specialized in representing management in labor and
employment law cases, and he served as chair of the Labor and
Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas; he also took part
in the pilot program that established the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization and served on the board's Labor Law Advisory
Commission; passionately committed to the law, he continued to
practice until a month before his death; and
WHEREAS, Despite his busy professional life, Mr. Manitzas
found time to pursue his interest in photography, recording the
milestones of his family and friends in pictures; he shared his love
of poetry with his children and grandchildren, teaching them poems
by Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg; he also loved animals, and his
farm in Comfort was home to many cats, dogs, horses, alpacas,
donkeys, and chickens; and
WHEREAS, A true Texas gentleman, Frank Manitzas was deeply
devoted to his family, his profession, and his country, and the
wisdom, integrity, and generosity with which he lived his life will
forever inspire all who had the good fortune to know him; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Frank Steve
Manitzas and extend sincere condolences to the members of his
family: to his wife, Mary Ellen Manitzas; to his children and their
spouses, Pam Uhr and Stan McElroy, Debra and Phillip Trueman, Steve
Manitzas, and Thomas and Marsha Manitzas; to his grandchildren,
Marshall, Carson, and Hunter Uhr, Tyler and Elliott Trueman, and
Caitlin Manitzas; to his sister, Frances Tefas, and her husband,
Steve; to his nephew, Steve Tefas, and his wife, Rebecca; to his
niece, Stephanie Snedden, and her husband, Ted; to his extended
family members Sylvia and Gonzalo Barbosa and their family; to his
longtime friend, George Tamez; and to his other friends and
relatives; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Frank
Manitzas.
Martinez Fischer
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1310 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on April 9, 2015.
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Chief Clerk of the House