TITLE: Congratulating Keiko Miyakawa Duke of San Antonio on her 80th birthday.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Keiko Miyakawa Duke of San Antonio on her 80th birthday.

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WHEREAS, The 80th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly cause for celebration, and Keiko Miyakawa Duke of San Antonio reached that impressive milestone on July 10, 2013; and WHEREAS, Keiko Miyakawa was born in 1933 in Tokyo, Japan, to Ken and Haruko Miyakawa and grew up with the company of four sisters, Sadako, Kinko, Noriko, and Kimiko, and three brothers, Metshuru, Hiroshi, and Uzuriko; as a young woman, she worked for the U.S. Air Force, where she met a young American airman named Kenneth Doyle Duke, with whom she fell in love over a lunch of hamburgers and milkshakes; they were married at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo in 1955; and WHEREAS, The couple later moved to Texas, and the Lone Star State has been Mrs. Duke's home for more than half a century; together, she and her husband founded the Ken Duke Motor Company, a car dealership that they operated for over 20 years; their twin sons, Mitchell and Michael, were born in Austin in 1957, and with the passing years, the family has grown to include three grandchildren, Christopher, Brandon, and Brittany; Mr. and Mrs. Duke shared a rewarding relationship until his death in 2003; and WHEREAS, Affectionately known as "Baba" by her loved ones, Mrs. Duke is renowned for her charm, radiance, and good humor, and she delights in sharing meals with the special people in her life; she is especially fond of sushi and fresh-baked bread, and six decades after her first taste of American cuisine, she still loves a good burger; and WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family and admiring friends, Keiko Duke is a source of joy and inspiration to all who have the great privilege of knowing her, and she may reflect with pride on 80 years of life well lived; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Keiko Miyakawa Duke on her 80th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mrs. Duke as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Menendez Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 79 was adopted by the House on July 15, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House