Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 25–Assemblymen de Braga, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

April 19, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Senators McGinness, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes former Assemblyman and philanthropist Harold E. Fitz. (BDR R‑1498)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing former Assemblyman and philanthropist Harold E.Fitz.

 

1-1    Whereas, The members of the 71st session of the Nevada Legislature

1-2  join the residents of Churchill County and many others in remembering the

1-3  life and mourning the loss of former Assemblyman Harold E. Fitz; and

1-4    Whereas, Harold E. Fitz was born on August 7, 1902, in DeWitt,

1-5  Michigan, to Victor and Lydia Fitz, and was just 2 years of age when his

1-6  parents homesteaded in Stillwater, Nevada; and

1-7    Whereas, After graduating from Stillwater School, Harold Fitz worked

1-8  on his family’s farm and in the Virginia City and Silver City mines before

1-9  leaving for Los Angeles to work for the city’s survey division; and

1-10    Whereas, Harold Fitz attended night school to become a registered

1-11  surveyor and used that knowledge in the years following as a foreman for

1-12  the Civilian Conservation Corps, as a surveyor for the Navy at the Naval

1-13  Auxiliary Air Station Fallon and the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot,

1-14  and in his job with the Andy Drumm Construction Company; and

2-1    Whereas, On September 18, 1928, Harold Fitz married Catherine

2-2  Amelia Lerch, whom he called “my little Susie,” which was subsequently

2-3  shortened to “Suse,” and who would be his loving companion for the next

2-4  72 years; and

2-5    Whereas, In 1929, Harold and Catherine Fitz purchased a wheat farm

2-6  near his family homestead and, in the 1940s, bought several other ranches

2-7  in Churchill County; and

2-8    Whereas, Harold and Catherine Fitz were generous philanthropists

2-9  who created perpetual scholarships at the University of Nevada, Reno, and

2-10  Western Nevada Community College and gave to various organizations

2-11  and causes including the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento, the Churchill

2-12  County Museum, the Alzheimer research program at the University of

2-13  Nevada, Reno, and four Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders

2-14  Clinics in Northern Nevada; and

2-15    Whereas, Always looking for ways to help the hard-working farmers

2-16  of the area, Harold Fitz was a leader in the local soil conservation program

2-17  and the Stillwater Farm Bureau and was instrumental in the purchase of

2-18  large farm equipment from the Federal Government that could be used by

2-19  participants of the soil conservation program; and

2-20    Whereas, Harold Fitz found many ways to be involved with his

2-21  community, which included being a Master Mason for 72 years, a member

2-22  of the Scottish Rite Masonic Order for 50 years, a member of the Kerak

2-23  Shrine and Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Churchill

2-24  County; and

2-25    Whereas, In 1958, Harold Fitz was appointed to fill a vacancy in the

2-26  Assembly for the special session held that year and was elected to serve

2-27  another term in 1959, and during these years his expertise was valuable on

2-28  several committees including Agriculture and Irrigation, State Libraries,

2-29  Livestock, Military and Indian Affairs, and Ways and Means; and

2-30    Whereas, A man of many talents and interests, Harold Fitz enjoyed

2-31  traveling, reading, fishing and hunting and was a championship marksman

2-32  with the Nevada State Rifle Team; and

2-33    Whereas, In 1998, Harold and Catherine Fitz were presented with

2-34  honorary associate degrees by Western Nevada Community College to

2-35  acknowledge their contributions to higher education in Nevada; and

2-36    Whereas, Harold Fitz’s keen mind, generous spirit and zest for life

2-37  will live on in the hearts of those who knew and loved him, especially his

2-38  wife, Catherine “Suse,” of Fallon, his son, Robert, and daughter, Ruth

2-39  Pintar, both of Carson City, his brother, George of Yerington, and his 6

2-40  grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; now, therefore, be it

2-41    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

2-42  Concurring, That the Nevada Legislature extends its deepest sympathy

2-43  to the family and friends of Harold Fitz; and be it further

2-44    Resolved, That the gazebo erected by Harold and Catherine Fitz in

2-45  Laura Mills Park in Fallon will be a reminder of the generosity of a man

2-46  whose desire to help others found expression in numerous ways throughout

2-47  his life; and be it further

 

3-1    Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

3-2  a copy of this resolution to his wife of 72 years, Catherine “Suse” Fitz.

 

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