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1	1	H.R. No. 1028
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Residents of Victoria lost a cherished friend and
6	6	renowned philanthropist with the passing of Mary Katherine
7	7	Welhausen Borchers on February 28, 2009, at the age of 84; and
8	8	WHEREAS, The daughter of Carl Clarence Welhausen and Mary
9	9	Elizabeth McBride Welhausen, the former Mary Katherine Welhausen
10	10	was born in Yoakum on August 10, 1924, into the family that founded
11	11	Tex Tan Leather Company, which eventually became a division of
12	12	Tandy Corporation, the company known today as RadioShack
13	13	Corporation; an honors graduate of Yoakum High School, she was
14	14	Queen of the Yoakum Tom-Tom Festival in 1946, and she earned a
15	15	bachelor's degree in business administration with honors from The
16	16	University of Texas at Austin, where she also took graduate courses
17	17	in personnel management; and
18	18	WHEREAS, After meeting in high school, she and Lieutenant
19	19	Charles Borchers were joined in matrimony in August 1947, following
20	20	his military service during World War II; the couple settled in
21	21	Victoria in 1957; and
22	22	WHEREAS, Mrs. Borchers worked as an administrator at The
23	23	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and later as a
24	24	personal business, investment, and family trust manager for more
25	25	than three decades; she was also a general partner, along with her
26	26	husband and daughters, in Borchers Southern Y Ranches; and
27	27	WHEREAS, Engaged in the community, Mrs. Borchers was
28	28	affiliated with numerous local organizations, including the
29	29	Victoria Regional Museum Association, the Victoria County
30	30	Historical Commission, the American Red Cross, and the Cultural
31	31	Council of Victoria, and she assisted with such projects as the
32	32	restoration of the Victoria County Courthouse; she was a member of
33	33	the Victoria 100 Club, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs,
34	34	Daughters of the American Revolution, Club 20, Daughters of the
35	35	Republic of Texas, and many others; she also participated in the
36	36	Junior League of Victoria, and she received its "Sustainer of the
37	37	Year Award"; moreover, this esteemed Texan was recognized with the
38	38	Distinguished Citizen Award of Victoria in 2002; and
39	39	WHEREAS, Among the myriad organizations that benefited from
40	40	the support of Mrs. Borchers and her husband are the Victoria
41	41	Symphony, the Children's Discovery Museum, and the Victoria
42	42	Performing Arts Center, home of the Dr. Charles and Mary Katherine
43	43	Borchers Performance Hall; Mrs. Borchers further contributed to her
44	44	alma mater and a number of its institutions, including the McCombs
45	45	School of Business; she was a member of such groups as the
46	46	Ex-Students Association, the Chancellor's Council Executive
47	47	Committee, and the Longhorn Foundation, and she was named a Texas
48	48	Exes "Legend"; and
49	49	WHEREAS, Mary Katherine Borchers was an inspiration to all
50	50	who were fortunate enough to know her, and she leaves behind an
51	51	extraordinary legacy of compassion and goodwill that will not soon
52	52	be forgotten; now, therefore, be it
53	53	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
54	54	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Mary Katherine
55	55	Welhausen Borchers and extend sincere sympathy to the members of
56	56	her family: to her husband of 61 years, Dr. Charles Lewis Borchers;
57	57	to her daughters, Mary Kay Borchers and Charla Borchers Leon and her
58	58	husband, Robert; to her brothers-in-law, William, Otto, and Marion
59	59	Borchers, and Don G. Kaspar; to her 12 nieces and nephews and 24
60	60	great-nieces and great-nephews; and to her other relatives and many
61	61	friends; and, be it further
62	62	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
63	63	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
64	64	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mary
65	65	Katherine Welhausen Borchers.
66	66	Morrison
67	67	______________________________
68	68	Speaker of the House
69	69	I certify that H.R. No. 1028 was unanimously adopted by a
70	70	rising vote of the House on April 2, 2009.
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72	72	Chief Clerk of the House