H.R. No. 1731
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may help
comfort the loved ones of Dr. Karen Hicks-Alldredge of Sweetwater,
who passed away on March 9, 2015, at the age of 62; and
WHEREAS, Karen Hicks was born on March 19, 1952, to Delores
Audis and Orville Hicks in Farmington, New Mexico; she grew up in
Window Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation, and graduated from high
school in Aberdeen, South Dakota; after earning a degree in
environmental science and chemistry from Northern State University
in 1974, she went to work for the South Dakota Parks and Wildlife
Department; and
WHEREAS, In 1983, she obtained her doctoral degree in
veterinary medicine from Iowa State University and began practicing
in Midland; additionally, she participated in graduate programs in
theriogenology at the University of Illinois and at Texas A&M
University; she moved to Sweetwater in 1993 and worked alongside
her husband, Dr. Bud Alldredge, at Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital,
where she was known for the kindness that she showed to both animals
and their owners; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hicks-Alldredge was committed to serving her
community as well; she led her local Rotary Club for a term as
president and was honored by the organization as a Paul Harris
Fellow; she was also devoted to her faith as a member of the
Presbyterian Church; and
WHEREAS, A professional of great skill and compassion, Karen
Hicks-Alldredge touched countless lives, and she will forever hold
a treasured place in the hearts of those she leaves behind; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Karen
Hicks-Alldredge and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her
family: to her husband, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge Jr.; to her parents,
Delores Audis and Orville Hicks; to her siblings, Sherry Hirsch and
her husband, V. J., Jim Hicks and his wife, Deb, and Gary Hicks and
his wife, Deb; to her stepchildren, Dr. Bud E. Alldredge III and his
wife, Kelly, and Michelle LaMendola and her husband, Tom; to her
step-grandchildren, Isabella and Nicholas LaMendola, Chase
Alldredge, Melissa Primeaux and her husband, Jonathan, Dillion
Martin and his wife, Crystal, and Courtney Porter; to her nieces and
nephews, John Hirsch and his wife, Candice, Samantha Goodman and
her husband, Kevin, Tara Knapp and her husband, Craig, Alicia
Malstrom and her husband, Stephen, James, Tara, and Eli Hicks, and
Tanya Tubbs; to her five step-great-grandchildren; and to her other
relatives and friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Karen
Hicks-Alldredge.
King of Taylor
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1731 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on May 7, 2015.
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Chief Clerk of the House