| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1155 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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| 6 | 6 | | a close with the passing of Mary Patricia Puig Mueller of Corpus |
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| 7 | 7 | | Christi on April 2, 2023, at the age of 91; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Dr. Valentine Lawrence Puig and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Louise Payne Puig, the former Patty Puig was born in Laredo on |
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| 10 | 10 | | December 10, 1931; after graduating from The University of Texas at |
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| 11 | 11 | | Austin with a degree in education and a minor in business, she moved |
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| 12 | 12 | | to Corpus Christi, where she began working as an elementary school |
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| 13 | 13 | | teacher and met her future husband, Joe Mueller, with whom she |
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| 14 | 14 | | shared 62 years of marriage before his passing in 2016; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Active in her community, Mrs. Mueller held |
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| 16 | 16 | | leadership positions in the Coastal Bend Community Foundation, the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast Council of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Boy Scouts of America, and the Nueces River Authority; she also |
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| 19 | 19 | | dedicated herself to the Corpus Christi Public Library Foundation |
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| 20 | 20 | | Board and helped raise funds for a new public library in Corpus |
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| 21 | 21 | | Christi; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Mueller strongly believed that "no one can take |
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| 23 | 23 | | your education away from you," and she and her husband gave |
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| 24 | 24 | | generously of their time and resources to scholarship funds across |
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| 25 | 25 | | Texas; moreover, she served on a number of university councils and |
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| 26 | 26 | | boards, including The University of Texas at Austin's Development |
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| 27 | 27 | | Board and the Texas A&M University Vision 2020 Advisory Council; |
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| 28 | 28 | | and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Although she will be deeply missed, the passage of |
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| 30 | 30 | | time will never diminish the joy and love that Patty Puig Mueller |
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| 31 | 31 | | brought into the lives of all who knew her; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Patricia Puig |
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| 34 | 34 | | Mueller and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of her |
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| 35 | 35 | | family: to her children, Michelle Mueller, Martha |
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| 36 | 36 | | Mueller-Guicciardini and her husband, Federico, Mary Pat "M. P." |
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| 37 | 37 | | Mueller, Paul Mueller and his wife, Beth, and Julianna Clardy and |
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| 38 | 38 | | her husband, Mike; to her sister, Sara Puig Laas; to her brother, |
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| 39 | 39 | | Dick Puig, and his wife, Ingrid; to her grandchildren and |
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| 40 | 40 | | great-grandchildren; and to her many other relatives and friends; |
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| 41 | 41 | | and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 43 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 44 | 44 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Patty Puig |
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| 45 | 45 | | Mueller. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Hunter |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 49 | 49 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1155 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 50 | 50 | | rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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