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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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| 6 | 7 | | of Estelle Georgie Kaluza Pawelka Poole Bohac, who passed away on |
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| 7 | 8 | | February 28, 2014, at the age of 86; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of John and Anne Kaluza, Mrs. Bohac was |
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| 9 | 10 | | born in Ammannsville on February 2, 1928; she moved to Lake Jackson |
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| 10 | 11 | | in 1959 and began work at Brockman's Department Store and Sears; she |
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| 11 | 12 | | was later employed in the mail room at Dow Chemical and eventually |
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| 12 | 13 | | retired after 15 years with the company; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Highly respected in her community, Mrs. Bohac gave |
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| 14 | 15 | | generously of her energy and talents to many worthy groups; among |
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| 15 | 16 | | the organizations benefiting from her interest were the Fraternal |
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| 16 | 17 | | Order of Eagles, the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of |
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| 17 | 18 | | Texas, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and heart, cancer, |
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| 18 | 19 | | muscular dystrophy, and cystic fibrosis associations; a charter |
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| 19 | 20 | | member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, she served on the pastoral |
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| 20 | 21 | | council and as a teacher and auction chair; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was frequently recognized for |
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| 22 | 23 | | her efforts in behalf of her fellow citizens; the Brazosport |
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| 23 | 24 | | Business and Professional Women's Club named her Woman of the Year |
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| 24 | 25 | | in 1969, as did the Brazosport Chamber of Commerce four years later; |
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| 25 | 26 | | she received the Personalities of the South Award twice, and she was |
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| 26 | 27 | | included in the World Who's Who of Women; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, The former Estelle Kaluza married Fritz Wolfgang |
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| 28 | 29 | | Pawelka in 1953, marking the beginning of a rewarding union that |
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| 29 | 30 | | spanned a decade until his death in 1963; she later found a devoted |
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| 30 | 31 | | companion in R. T. Poole, and the couple were married in 1967; after |
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| 31 | 32 | | Mr. Poole passed away, she was a single mother for many years until |
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| 32 | 33 | | she reconnected with a childhood friend, Frank Bohac, whom she wed |
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| 33 | 34 | | in 1994; she was the loving mother of five beloved children, |
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| 34 | 35 | | Darrell, Dean, Durwin, Denise, and Darcy; and |
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| 35 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Estelle Bohac lived a rich and purposeful life, and |
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| 36 | 37 | | she leaves behind a record of service that her loved ones can |
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| 37 | 38 | | remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 39 | 40 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Estelle Bohac and |
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| 40 | 41 | | extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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| 41 | 42 | | husband, Frank Bohac; to her sons, Darrell Pawelka and his wife, |
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| 42 | 43 | | Glenda, Dean Pawelka and his wife, Shirley, and Durwin Pawelka; to |
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| 43 | 44 | | her daughter-in-law, Rachel Pawelka; to her stepdaughter, Teresa |
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| 44 | 45 | | Bohac Wagner; to her son-in-law, Michael Mobley; to her |
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| 45 | 46 | | grandchildren, Renee Pawelka and her husband, Cody, Ashley, Dane, |
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| 46 | 47 | | Jennifer, and Jonathan Pawelka, Chelsea Erickson, Stephen and |
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| 47 | 48 | | Michael Forkum, Douglas Mobley, and Cynthia Huddleston and her |
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| 48 | 49 | | husband, Jeremy; to her great-grandchildren, C. J. Erickson, Caleb, |
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| 49 | 50 | | Madison, and Caimyn Maddox, and Mikayla, Logan, and Eli Huddleston; |
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| 50 | 51 | | to her sisters, Pauline Trefny and Gladys Thurman and her husband, |
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| 51 | 52 | | Ed; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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