0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 18
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            RITA G. GETTY
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
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0012|     THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF DAN MADERO.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, on March 4, 1997 Dan Madero, a fifty-two year old
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0015|     retired policeman from Gallup and thirty-year resident of
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0016|     Albuquerque passed away; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, Dan worked at Trumbull community center with kids
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0018|     for years, in gang intervention and drug prevention programs;
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0019|     and
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0020|          WHEREAS, Dan's work brought him close to gang members, and
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0021|     he demanded their respect, making a huge difference in their
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0022|     lives and helping to show kids a new way to live; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, Dan took great pride in everything he did, from
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0024|     helping youth to always making sure that Trumbull community
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0025|     center was clean and presentable; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, often when Dan took a day off from work, he would
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0002|     spend it assisting his mother and aunt who live in his
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0003|     neighborhood in Albuquerque, and he checked on their well-being
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0004|     every day and took care of them; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, Dan also taught ceramics at the community center
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0006|     and worked on arts and crafts with the kids and could be found
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0007|     watching over Trumbull community center at night and often
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0008|     walked women to their cars to keep them safe; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, Dan Madero was a member of the Catholic church
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0010|     and a Crucillistra; and
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0011|          WHEREAS, Dan's brother Ernie said that Dan was a happy-go-
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0012|     lucky man who was always willing to help everybody and who
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0013|     loved his work and his family, enjoyed fishing and enjoyed his
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0014|     life to the fullest; and
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0015|          WHEREAS, Dan is survived by his wife, Josephine;
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0016|     daughters, Jeanette Madero and Evelina Mitchell; mother, Edna
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0017|     Madero; sister, Maxine Madero; brothers, Ernest Burrola and
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0018|     Theodore S. Madero; and six grandchildren;
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0019|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0020|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that heartfelt
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0021|     condolence be extended to the many family members, friends, co-
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0022|     workers and youth of Albuquerque who knew and worked with Dan
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0023|     Madero; and
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0024|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0025|     transmitted to the family of Dan Madero.
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