Bill Text: TX HR867 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Jack Oliver Faegre of Denton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-06 - Reported enrolled [HR867 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR867-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 867 | ||
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| WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Jack Oliver Faegre of | ||
| Denton were deeply saddened by his passing on March 11, 2023, at the | ||
| age of 88; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of Selmer Albert Faegre and Mabel Lucile | ||
| Monroe, Jack Faegre was born in Jefferson Township, Iowa, on June | ||
| 15, 1934, and he grew up with the companionship of his sister, | ||
| Phyllis; he graduated from Iowa State University with an | ||
| engineering degree, and from 1959 to 1970, he served as an officer | ||
| in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, retiring at the rank of | ||
| captain; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Faegre subsequently moved to Texas and began | ||
| working for Texas Instruments in Dallas; he later held engineering | ||
| positions with Frito-Lay and Rockwell International; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following his retirement from Rockwell, Mr. Faegre | ||
| settled in the Robson Ranch community in Denton and became actively | ||
| involved in county elections, serving as an election judge and as | ||
| the only Republican precinct chair for Robson Ranch for nearly 20 | ||
| years; an advocate for voter participation, he was instrumental in | ||
| establishing the Robson Ranch clubhouse as a polling site for early | ||
| and election-day voting; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Faegre benefited from the | ||
| love and support of his wife, Creeda; he took great pride in his | ||
| children, Kyle, Carrie, and the late Lorna Fallon, and his | ||
| stepchildren, Brandon and Christopher, and he was further blessed | ||
| with six grandchildren, Max, Sam, Heather, Elliott, Nathaniel, and | ||
| Ashlyn, and a great-grandchild, Maci; he was a lifelong fan of the | ||
| Dallas Cowboys, and in his younger years, he was an avid skier and | ||
| enjoyed taking family ski trips to Colorado; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although Jack Faegre will be greatly missed, he has | ||
| left his loved ones with a wealth of memories that they will forever | ||
| cherish; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Jack Oliver Faegre and | ||
| extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn his passing; 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 Jack | ||
| Faegre. | ||
| Stucky | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 867 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on April 5, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
