Bill Text: TX HR1180 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Robert Lys of Navasota.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1180-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1180 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their | ||
| memories of Robert Lys of Navasota, who passed away on December 5, | ||
| 2022, at the age of 91; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Wheelock, Robert Lys was born on July 3, | ||
| 1931, to Leopold Walter and Marie Demel Sodek Lys; he grew up with | ||
| the companionship of two brothers, Joe and Lee, and four sisters, | ||
| Martha, Georgia, Gladys, and Elsie, and he attended school in the | ||
| Macey community in Brazos County before transferring to Normangee | ||
| High School; after his graduation, he enlisted in the United States | ||
| Air Force and served in both the U.S. and Greenland; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following his honorable discharge from the | ||
| military, Mr. Lys returned home and began training to be a game | ||
| warden; he went on to work as a game warden in Grimes and | ||
| surrounding counties for 42 years, and even after his retirement in | ||
| 1993, he continued to serve special assignments when requested; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Lys enjoyed the love and | ||
| support of his wife, Bessie Ann Lys, with whom he shared 67 years of | ||
| marriage; the couple was blessed with two sons, Michael and Bobby, | ||
| and over the years, their family grew to include five grandchildren | ||
| and three great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Robert Lys lived a life that was rich in personal and | ||
| professional achievements, and he will forever be remembered with | ||
| admiration and affection by those he leaves behind; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robert Lys and | ||
| extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
| Bessie Ann Lys; to his son, Robert Lys Jr., and his wife, Sandra; to | ||
| his grandchildren, Melissa Lys Flournoy and her husband, Stephen, | ||
| Kathryn Lys Mikulenka and her husband, Eric, Jonathan E. Lys and his | ||
| wife, Lauren, Michael L. Lys and his wife, Allycenn, and Marcus L. | ||
| Lys and his wife, Alexandra; to his great-grandchildren, Wilmarie, | ||
| Jonah, and Lucas Lys; and to his other relatives and friends; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Robert Lys. | ||
| Kacal | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1180 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
