Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.R. No. 1141
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the
6	6	passing of admired educator Lou Ellen Truesdale of Killeen on
7	7	December 31, 2022, at the age of 77; and
8	8	WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe and Bernice Cooper, the former
9	9	Ellen Cooper was born on November 6, 1945; she grew up on the family
10	10	farm between Holland and Salado with six younger siblings, James,
11	11	Rebecca, Peggy, Wanda, Karen, and John; after graduating from
12	12	Holland High School, she completed her bachelor's degree in health
13	13	and physical education at Mary Hardin-Baylor College and began
14	14	teaching at Sugar Loaf Elementary School in Killeen; on July 20,
15	15	1968, she was joined in matrimony to Charles A. Truesdale; and
16	16	WHEREAS, When Smith Middle School opened on Fort Hood,
17	17	Mrs. Truesdale was recruited to teach P.E. and coach volleyball,
18	18	basketball, and track; she then joined the faculty of the new
19	19	Ellison High School, where she initially coached and taught both
20	20	health and P.E.; later, she focused on teaching and launched
21	21	Ellison's first outdoor education and CPR/first aid classes; she
22	22	was a mentor to other teachers, and she and her husband took her
23	23	outdoor education students on overnight campouts; named Secondary
24	24	Teacher of the Year for 1981 by the Killeen Classroom Teachers
25	25	Association, she was honored as Outstanding Teacher of the Year at
26	26	Ellison as well; in 2002, she retired, following a distinguished
27	27	35-year career; and
28	28	WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. Truesdale joined First United
29	29	Methodist Church in 1968 and became very active in worship groups
30	30	and such activities as MYF, Sunday school, fried pie-making, and
31	31	Abigail Circle, which she particularly enjoyed; she and her husband
32	32	spent countless happy hours camping, backpacking, canoeing,
33	33	hunting, and fishing together, especially in the Rocky Mountains of
34	34	Colorado and Wyoming and with Remington Steel, their treasured dog;
35	35	for 45 years, Mrs. Truesdale was a committee member of the
36	36	Killeen/Fort Hood Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, and she was a race
37	37	official for Texas Water Safari for almost three decades; she was
38	38	also an officer of the Governor Samuel Mathews Chapter, National
39	39	Society Colonial Dames XVII Century; and
40	40	WHEREAS, Although Ellen Truesdale is greatly missed by those
41	41	she left behind, they will forever remember the warmth and kindness
42	42	she brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
44	44	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lou Ellen Truesdale
45	45	and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her
46	46	husband, Chuck Truesdale; to her siblings, Peggy Sralla, Wanda
47	47	Cooper, Karen Sanders, and John Cooper; and to all others who mourn
48	48	her passing; and, be it further
49	49	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
50	50	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
51	51	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lou Ellen
52	52	Truesdale.
53	53	Buckley
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Speaker of the House
56	56	I certify that H.R. No. 1141 was unanimously adopted by a
57	57	rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023.
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59	59	Chief Clerk of the House