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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may help |
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| 6 | 7 | | comfort the loved ones of Dr. Karen Hicks-Alldredge of Sweetwater, |
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| 7 | 8 | | who passed away on March 9, 2015, at the age of 62; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Karen Hicks was born on March 19, 1952, to Delores |
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| 9 | 10 | | Audis and Orville Hicks in Farmington, New Mexico; she grew up in |
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| 10 | 11 | | Window Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation, and graduated from high |
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| 11 | 12 | | school in Aberdeen, South Dakota; after earning a degree in |
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| 12 | 13 | | environmental science and chemistry from Northern State University |
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| 13 | 14 | | in 1974, she went to work for the South Dakota Parks and Wildlife |
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| 14 | 15 | | Department; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1983, she obtained her doctoral degree in |
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| 16 | 17 | | veterinary medicine from Iowa State University and began practicing |
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| 17 | 18 | | in Midland; additionally, she participated in graduate programs in |
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| 18 | 19 | | theriogenology at the University of Illinois and at Texas A&M |
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| 19 | 20 | | University; she moved to Sweetwater in 1993 and worked alongside |
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| 20 | 21 | | her husband, Dr. Bud Alldredge, at Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital, |
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| 21 | 22 | | where she was known for the kindness that she showed to both animals |
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| 22 | 23 | | and their owners; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hicks-Alldredge was committed to serving her |
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| 24 | 25 | | community as well; she led her local Rotary Club for a term as |
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| 25 | 26 | | president and was honored by the organization as a Paul Harris |
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| 26 | 27 | | Fellow; she was also devoted to her faith as a member of the |
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| 27 | 28 | | Presbyterian Church; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, A professional of great skill and compassion, Karen |
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| 29 | 30 | | Hicks-Alldredge touched countless lives, and she will forever hold |
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| 30 | 31 | | a treasured place in the hearts of those she leaves behind; now, |
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| 31 | 32 | | therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Karen |
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| 34 | 35 | | Hicks-Alldredge and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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| 35 | 36 | | family: to her husband, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge Jr.; to her parents, |
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| 36 | 37 | | Delores Audis and Orville Hicks; to her siblings, Sherry Hirsch and |
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| 37 | 38 | | her husband, V. J., Jim Hicks and his wife, Deb, and Gary Hicks and |
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| 38 | 39 | | his wife, Deb; to her stepchildren, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge III and his |
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| 39 | 40 | | wife, Kelly, and Michelle LaMendola and her husband, Tom; to her |
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| 40 | 41 | | step-grandchildren, Isabella and Nicholas LaMendola, Chase |
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| 41 | 42 | | Alldredge, Melissa Primeaux and her husband, Jonathan, Dillion |
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| 42 | 43 | | Martin and his wife, Crystal, and Courtney Porter; to her nieces and |
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| 43 | 44 | | nephews, John Hirsch and his wife, Candice, Samantha Goodman and |
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| 44 | 45 | | her husband, Kevin, Tara Knapp and her husband, Craig, Alicia |
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| 45 | 46 | | Malstrom and her husband, Stephen, James, Tara, and Eli Hicks, and |
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| 46 | 47 | | Tanya Tubbs; to her five step-great-grandchildren; and to her other |
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| 47 | 48 | | relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 49 | 50 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 50 | 51 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Karen |
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| 51 | 52 | | Hicks-Alldredge. |
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