H.R. No. 208
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, A 60th wedding anniversary marks a lifetime of
mutual devotion and shared experiences, and Joanne and Robert Allen
of Georgetown celebrated this joyous milestone in their marriage on
December 29, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Allen were joined in matrimony in 1954
at a ceremony held at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, while both were serving in the U.S. Army; through the
years, they have been blessed with a treasured family that includes
their children, Mitch Allen and his wife, Julie, Julia Carleton and
her husband, Tom, and Matthew Allen and his wife, Kerri, as well as
their grandchildren, Hannah, Maddie, Abby, and Jack Allen and Ava,
Lyla, and Ella Carleton; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Allen, who grew up in Austin and holds
bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from
Southern Methodist University, is retired from the Texas Department
of State Health Services after a nearly five-decade career in voice
communications that included tenures with Dictaphone Corp. and Gulf
Telephone; among the first class of graduates from the Caruth
School of Dental Hygiene at the Baylor College of Dentistry in 1957,
Mrs. Allen, a Wisconsin native, remains associated with a dental
office in Taylor; respected members of the Georgetown community for
the past 42 years, the couple have also been very active in the Zion
Lutheran Church and School at Walburg since shortly after settling
in Georgetown in 1972; and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Allen have enjoyed six decades of
abiding love and affection for each other, and they are among an
exceptional group of men and women who can claim such a lasting
commitment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Joanne and Robert Allen on their
60th wedding anniversary and extend to them sincere best wishes for
continued happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the couple as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Farney
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 208 was adopted by the House on
February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House