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House Bill 9231




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9231

        By Representative Rodriguez-Chomat






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution in memory of Jose D. Villalobos

  3         and proclaiming August 27, 1997, as "Lolo"

  4         Villalobos Day.

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  6         WHEREAS, Jose D. Villalobos, affectionately known as

  7  "Lolo," was born in Jaruco, Cuba, on August 27, 1913, the son

  8  of Plutarco Villalobos Marquez, a figure of strong

  9  conservative ancestry, and his wife, Amelia Olivera Gutierrez,

10  and

11         WHEREAS, Jose D. Villalobos, with his gregarious spirit

12  and jovial, easygoing manner, formed many friendships during

13  his early years which would provide loyalty and support in all

14  areas of his public life, and

15         WHEREAS, in 1930, Jose D. Villalobos graduated from the

16  Institute de Segunda Ensenanza de la Habana, where he had

17  joined the university student groups championing the rights of

18  the people and seeking the reestablishment of the Constitution

19  of 1902, and

20         WHEREAS, with the fall of the regime of General

21  Machado, Jose D. Villalobos, at the age of 20, became the

22  aqueduct chief in Havana, while simultaneously attending the

23  University of Havana Medical School, and

24         WHEREAS, encouraged by his loyal friends and followers,

25  Jose D. Villalobos interrupted his final year of medical

26  school to accept the candidacy of his party for municipal

27  mayor of Guanabacoa in the 1940 elections, a post to which he

28  was reelected for six consecutive terms, and

29         WHEREAS, with the fall of Cuba to communism in 1959,

30  Jose D. Villalobos sought asylum in the Brazilian Embassy and,

31  after a journey through Peru, Mexico, and the Bahamas, arrived

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9231

    552-136B-97






  1  in the United States on May 9, 1959, to rejoin his family in

  2  Miami, and

  3         WHEREAS, spurred on by his devotion to his homeland,

  4  Jose D. Villalobos, continued to be active in patriotic

  5  organizations in exile, organizing and serving as president of

  6  the Municipality of Guanabacoa in Exile, and occupying a high

  7  position in the Caballeros de Colon del Consejo 5110, Nuestra

  8  Senora de la Caridad, while he supported his family as a taxi

  9  driver in Miami for 11 years, and

10         WHEREAS, Jose D. Villalobos became a real estate

11  broker, attended the University of Miami, was associated with

12  The Keyes Company, and served as assistant to Mayor Maurice

13  Ferre, and

14         WHEREAS, at the time of his death on January 14, 1997,

15  Jose D. Villalobos was survived by his wife, Yolanda Duque de

16  Estrada, and four sons, Jose A., Miguel, Carlos Jose, and Alex

17  Juan, and

18         WHEREAS, Jose D. Villalobos was regarded with deep

19  affection by all who knew him and will always be held in high

20  esteem as an inspiring example of a man committed to family

21  values and the highest political ideals, NOW, THEREFORE,

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23  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

24  Florida:

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26         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

27  deliberations to honor Jose D. Villalobos and to proclaim

28  August 27, 1997, as "Lolo" Villalobos Day.

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