0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 20
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE TO THE FAMILY OF JOSEPH
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0012|     "PEPE" NAJERA.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, Joseph "Pepe" Najera was born April 13, 1922 in
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0015|     El Paso and raised in Oakland, California; and 
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0016|          WHEREAS, he died of cancer on January 18, 1998, two weeks
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0017|     after being diagnosed and fifty-three years after marrying
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0018|     Mary Metzgar Najera; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, he was active in the democratic party as a
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0020|     precinct and ward official for more than fifty years; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, he was always involved in community service in
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0022|     the south valley; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, he was a loved and respected leader as well as a
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0024|     fun-loving, caring person who was always available when family
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0025|     or friends needed him; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, he is survived by his wife Mary Metzgar Najera,
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0002|     his two daughters Barbara and Carrie, grandchildren Keith,
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0003|     Shannon, Tereah and Jamie and two great-grandchildren;
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0004|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0005|     OF NEW MEXICO that condolences be extended to the friends and
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0006|     family of Joseph "Pepe" Najera, an outstanding and devoted New
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0007|     Mexican.
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