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4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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6 | 7 | | passing of Jeanne Rene Chadbourne Aldredge of Dallas on April 19, |
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7 | 8 | | 2014, at the age of 92; and |
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8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The former Jeanne Chadbourne was born in Beaumont on |
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9 | 10 | | July 23, 1921, to Vaughn Russell and Bertha Baus Chadbourne; after |
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10 | 11 | | graduating from St. Anthony's School, she received a scholarship to |
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11 | 12 | | attend Rosemont College in Pennsylvania, and it was there that she |
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12 | 13 | | met George Aldredge Jr., who was studying to be a doctor; they were |
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13 | 14 | | set up on a blind date by friends because they were both from Texas |
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14 | 15 | | and loved to dance to big band music; they were married in 1941; and |
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15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, After Dr. Aldredge served in the South Pacific with |
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16 | 17 | | the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II, the couple moved to |
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17 | 18 | | Ann Arbor, Michigan, while he completed his orthopedic residency; |
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18 | 19 | | in 1951, they returned to Texas, where Mrs. Aldredge raised their |
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19 | 20 | | nine children in Dallas; and |
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20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mrs. Aldredge was an active and |
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21 | 22 | | enthusiastic volunteer; she was president of the Dallas County |
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22 | 23 | | Medical Auxiliary and the Dallas County Heritage Society and a |
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23 | 24 | | member of the Dallas Junior League and the Dallas Woman's Club, |
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24 | 25 | | where she learned to tap dance; she was also a skilled gardener who |
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25 | 26 | | shared her expertise as a certified judge at flower shows around the |
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26 | 27 | | country, and she served as president of the Founders Garden Club and |
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27 | 28 | | the Junior League Garden Club; and |
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28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Devout members of the Catholic faith, Mrs. Aldredge |
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29 | 30 | | and her husband hosted and took an active part in many religious |
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30 | 31 | | discussion groups over the years, and she was president of the |
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31 | 32 | | Mothers' Club at Christ the King School and a member of the board of |
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32 | 33 | | the Catholic Charities of Dallas; and |
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33 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Aldredge delighted in the time she spent with |
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34 | 35 | | her children and grandchildren; she also took great pleasure in |
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35 | 36 | | traveling the world with her husband, and until his death in 2005 |
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36 | 37 | | after 63 years of marriage, she continued to love to dance with him, |
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37 | 38 | | as she had on that first date so many years before; and |
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38 | 39 | | WHEREAS, A loving wife, a devoted mother, and an involved |
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39 | 40 | | member of her community, Jeanne Aldredge brightened the lives of |
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40 | 41 | | her loved ones and benefited her fellow citizens, and she will be |
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41 | 42 | | deeply missed by all who had the good fortune to know her; now, |
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42 | 43 | | therefore, be it |
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43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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44 | 45 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Jeanne Rene |
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45 | 46 | | Chadbourne Aldredge and extend sincere condolences to the members |
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46 | 47 | | of her family: to her brothers, Dan Chadbourne and John Chadbourne; |
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47 | 48 | | to her daughters, Virginia Pellegrini and Anne Terrell Aldredge; to |
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48 | 49 | | her sons, George Aldredge, Vaughn Aldredge and his wife, Jamie, |
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49 | 50 | | Christopher Aldredge and his wife, Cindy, Mark Aldredge and his |
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50 | 51 | | wife, Laurie, Thom Aldredge and his wife, Trish, John Aldredge and |
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51 | 52 | | his wife, Leta, and Matthew Aldredge and his wife, Alison; to her 21 |
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52 | 53 | | grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives |
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53 | 54 | | and friends; and, be it further |
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54 | 55 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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55 | 56 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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56 | 57 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jeanne |
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57 | 58 | | Aldredge. |
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