| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 912 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Felix Landin Jr. of Corpus Christi, who passed away on |
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| 7 | 7 | | December 15, 2021, at the age of 80; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The son of Mary S. Landin and Felix Landin Sr., Felix |
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| 9 | 9 | | Landin was born on October 8, 1941, and he grew up with the |
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| 10 | 10 | | companionship of four siblings, Mary Alice, Lena, Amando, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Armando; after graduating from Tuloso-Midway High School in 1962, |
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| 12 | 12 | | he joined the Texas Army National Guard and completed assignments |
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| 13 | 13 | | at Missouri and California; he later served in the reserve for six |
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| 14 | 14 | | years; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Landin began his career in retail with the Gulf |
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| 16 | 16 | | Merchandising Company, and he went on to take a position with the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Woolco Department Store in Corpus Christi before working as a |
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| 18 | 18 | | division manager in Laredo and as an assistant store manager in |
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| 19 | 19 | | Brownsville; he was subsequently employed with Gibson Discount |
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| 20 | 20 | | Stores in Brownsville and Corpus Christi; he joined the Gibraltar |
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| 21 | 21 | | Mausoleum Corporation, and he became a manager at cemeteries in |
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| 22 | 22 | | Robstown and Corpus Christi; after a brief retirement, he returned |
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| 23 | 23 | | to work at Memory Gardens Cemetery for five years; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Highly engaged in his community, Mr. Landin served |
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| 25 | 25 | | as vice president of the Tuloso-Midway Independent School District |
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| 26 | 26 | | Board of Trustees, and he was a former member and grant chair of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | Tuloso-Midway ISD Education Foundation; he was also involved in |
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| 28 | 28 | | numerous other civic organizations, including Boy Scouts of |
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| 29 | 29 | | America, Corpus Christi Bay Kiwanis, the American G.I. Forum of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Texas, and American Legion Post 364; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Landin enjoyed the love |
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| 32 | 32 | | and support of his wife, Yolanda, with whom he shared 58 years, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | he took great pride in his four children, Felix IV, Aldo Allen, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Erika Lanette, and Alex, who preceded his father in death; with the |
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| 35 | 35 | | passage of time, his treasured family grew to include six |
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| 36 | 36 | | grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Felix Landin lived a life that was rich in personal |
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| 38 | 38 | | and professional achievements, and he will forever be a source of |
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| 39 | 39 | | inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Felix Landin Jr. |
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| 42 | 42 | | and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 44 | 44 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 45 | 45 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Felix |
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| 46 | 46 | | Landin. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Herrero |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | I certify that H.R. No. 912 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 51 | 51 | | rising vote of the House on April 14, 2023. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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