| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 494 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A caring and generous life drew to a close with the |
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| 6 | 6 | | passing of Norma Vela Segovia of Mission on July 9, 2022, at the age |
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| 7 | 7 | | of 66; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Ramiro and Hermila Vela, Norma |
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| 9 | 9 | | Segovia was born on June 21, 1956; she graduated from La Joya High |
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| 10 | 10 | | School in 1974 and continued her education at Pan American |
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| 11 | 11 | | University, where she earned a degree in speech pathology; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dedicated to helping students with speech |
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| 13 | 13 | | impediments, Mrs. Segovia enjoyed a rewarding career as a speech |
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| 14 | 14 | | pathologist with the Mission Consolidated Independent School |
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| 15 | 15 | | District that spanned three decades; following her retirement, she |
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| 16 | 16 | | worked in the private sector; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1979, she married Raymundo Segovia, and the |
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| 18 | 18 | | couple shared 28 years of marriage, before Mr. Segovia's death in |
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| 19 | 19 | | 2007; Mrs. Segovia was a loving mother to her three children, Ramon, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Ramiro, and Rebekah, and a doting grandmother to her eight |
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| 21 | 21 | | grandchildren; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Deeply dedicated to her family and her faith, Norma |
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| 23 | 23 | | Segovia was a source of joy to all who shared in the richness of her |
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| 24 | 24 | | life, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, |
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| 25 | 25 | | therefore, be it |
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| 26 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 27 | 27 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Norma Vela Segovia |
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| 28 | 28 | | and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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| 29 | 29 | | sons, Ramon Segovia and his wife, Avelina, and Ramiro Segovia and |
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| 30 | 30 | | his wife, Segovia; to her daughter, Rebekah Menchaca, and her |
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| 31 | 31 | | husband, Jorge; to her grandchildren, Isabella, Ryan, Raelynn, Ray, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Roman, Max, Alina, and Emma; to her sisters, Cynthia Vela and Debra |
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| 33 | 33 | | Vela-Leal and her husband, Esiquio; to her mother-in-law, Dolores |
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| 34 | 34 | | Segovia; to her brother-in-law, Raul Segovia, and his wife, Melly; |
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| 35 | 35 | | to her sisters-in-law, Margaret Rodriguez and her husband, Oscar, |
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| 36 | 36 | | Mary Ann Vela and her husband, JJ, Ramona Espinoza and her husband, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Gene, and Maggie Vallejo and her husband, John; to her companion, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Ramiro Zamora; and to her other friends and relatives; and, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | further |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 41 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 42 | 42 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Norma |
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| 43 | 43 | | Segovia. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Muñoz, Jr. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | 47 | | I certify that H.R. No. 494 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 48 | 48 | | rising vote of the House on March 16, 2023. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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