2015
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE MEMORIAL 15-1001
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Pabon and Duran,  Arndt, Becker J.,
       Becker K., Brown, Buck, Carver, Conti, Coram, Court, Danielson,
       DelGrosso, Dore, Esgar, Everett, Fields, Foote, Garnett, Ginal,
       Hamner, Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Keyser, Klingenschmitt,
       Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Lontine, Lundeen,
       McCann, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Navarro, Neville P.,
       Nordberg, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Ransom,
       Rosenthal, Roupe, Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Sias, Singer, Tate,
       Thurlow, Tyler, Van Winkle, Vigil, Willett, Williams, Wilson,
       Windholz, Winter, Young, Hullinghorst.
       
       MEMORIALIZING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE 
                   FRANA MACE. 
       
          WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague Frana Araujo Mace, a
       past member of the Colorado House of Representatives, departed this life
       on March 26, 2015, at the age of 80; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace was born June 4, 1934, to Frank
       and Mary Araujo in Denver, Colorado; and
       
          WHEREAS, She married Gilbert Mace in 1953, and during their
       53-year-long marriage they raised six children, 16 grandchildren, and 27
       great grandchildren, all of whom she loved dearly; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace was the mayoral appointee to the
       Denver Board of Adjustment and Zoning Appeals from 1976 through
       1986; and
       
          
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace was appointed by the Governor to
       the Commission on Aging; and
          
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace served as the Democratic Party
       finance chair from District 4A; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace was appointed to the Colorado
       House of Representatives to represent House District 4 in 1995 and
       subsequently reelected in 1996, 1998, and 2000; and
       
          WHEREAS, During her seven years as a legislator in the House of
       Representatives, Representative Mace served on the Local Government,
       Transportation and Energy, and House Services committees; served as the
       minority whip from 1999 to 2002; and sponsored the bill that made Cesar
       Chavez Day a state holiday; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace sponsored a law to expedite
       custodial and kinship adoptions of children who have been abandoned by
       their birth parents; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace was a strong advocate for the
       elderly, sponsoring bills in 2000 and 2001 that: Appropriated $3 million
       to local area agencies on aging; expanded the Older Coloradans Program
       to provide pharmaceutical, dental, optometric, and audiological services;
       expanded in-home services; and added home repair and maintenance
       services to services eligible to persons 60 years of age or older; and
       
          WHEREAS, After her terms in the House of Representatives,
       Representative Mace went to work in the House as a Legislative Aide;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace was also an active humanitarian,
       spending many summers volunteering at Potenza Lodge for its annual
       August Feast of St. Rocco, serving as the President and Chair of the
       Northside Community Center, and assisting the Servicios de la Raza
       cooperative endeavor; and
       
          
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, She was named Hispanic Woman of the Year - Political
       Division in 1995; and
          
          WHEREAS, Representative Mace will always be remembered in the
       Colorado Capitol for her welcoming smile, love of people in her district,
       brilliant mind, and endless energy; now, therefore
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
          That in the death of Representative Frana Mace, the people of the state
       of Colorado lost a dedicated public servant and outstanding citizen, and
       that we, the members of the Seventieth General Assembly, do hereby
       extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family and
       pay tribute to a woman who served her state well and faithfully.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to her
       sister, Esther Blazon, and her children, Linda R. Foss, Dan Fladung, Mary
       E. Mace, Houghton R. Mace, and Johnie Abad.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins              Dickey Lee Hullinghorst 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES