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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Dumas lost an admired community |
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| 6 | 7 | | leader with the death of Mark Stroebel on May 13, 2014, at the age of |
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| 7 | 8 | | 56; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Born in Lubbock on January 7, 1958, to Andrew |
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| 9 | 10 | | William and Catherine Dodd Stroebel, Mark Stroebel graduated from |
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| 10 | 11 | | Olton High School in 1976 and earned his bachelor's degree from |
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| 11 | 12 | | Texas Tech University in 1982; he went on to obtain a master's |
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| 12 | 13 | | degree in educational administration from West Texas State |
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| 13 | 14 | | University in 1988; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Stroebel began his career in public education as |
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| 15 | 16 | | a teacher and coach at Hart High School in 1981; he was promoted to |
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| 16 | 17 | | athletic director and assistant principal two years later and to |
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| 17 | 18 | | principal in 1988; in 1992, he transferred to Dumas Junior High |
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| 18 | 19 | | School, and during his 13-year tenure there, the school received a |
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| 19 | 20 | | 2000 National Blue Ribbon Schools award; in 2005, Mr. Stroebel was |
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| 20 | 21 | | appointed assistant superintendent of the Dumas Independent School |
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| 21 | 22 | | District and in 2011, he was named superintendent; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was also a member of the |
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| 23 | 24 | | Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce and the Dumas Noon Lions |
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| 24 | 25 | | Club, and he served on many councils at the First United Methodist |
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| 25 | 26 | | Church; in his leisure hours, he took pleasure in trout fishing in |
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| 26 | 27 | | the Red River; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Stroebel enjoyed the love |
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| 28 | 29 | | and support of his wife, Jo, with whom he shared nearly 33 years, |
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| 29 | 30 | | and he took great pride in their children, Brandon, Andrea, and |
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| 30 | 31 | | Shae; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Mark Stroebel devoted more than three decades of his |
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| 32 | 33 | | life to educating young Texans, and he will be remembered with |
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| 33 | 34 | | admiration and affection by all who had the good fortune to know |
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| 34 | 35 | | him; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mark Stroebel and |
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| 37 | 38 | | extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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| 38 | 39 | | wife, Jo Stroebel; to his children, Brandon Stroebel and his wife, |
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| 39 | 40 | | Kaysha, Andrea Broxson and her husband, Chance, and Shae Stroebel; |
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| 40 | 41 | | to his parents, Andrew William and Catherine Stroebel; to his |
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| 41 | 42 | | brothers, Vance Stroebel and Stan Stroebel and his wife, Misty; to |
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| 42 | 43 | | his mother-in-law, Joan Adair; to his brother-in-law, Kerry Adair, |
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| 43 | 44 | | and his wife, Anita; to his nieces and nephews, Dillon, Aarika, |
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| 44 | 45 | | Kody, Kyle, Austin, Alex, and Kori; and to his other friends and |
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| 45 | 46 | | loved ones; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 48 | 49 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mark |
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| 49 | 50 | | Stroebel. |
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