| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 661 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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| 6 | 6 | | a close with the passing of Josephine Elaine Woolsey Talarski of San |
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| 7 | 7 | | Antonio on February 22, 2023, at the age of 87; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Hugh and Josephine Woolsey, Elaine |
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| 9 | 9 | | Talarski was born in Goff, Kansas, on February 2, 1936; she |
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| 10 | 10 | | completed her bachelor's degree in public health nursing at |
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| 11 | 11 | | Marquette University and went on to earn master's degrees in |
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| 12 | 12 | | business management from Webster University and in political |
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| 13 | 13 | | science from St. Mary's University; at the age of 77, she received a |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ph.D. in international education and entrepreneurship from the |
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| 15 | 15 | | University of the Incarnate Word; Ms. Talarski began her career as |
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| 16 | 16 | | a school nurse and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force; over the |
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| 17 | 17 | | course of two decades, she cared for patients at assignments all |
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| 18 | 18 | | over the world, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Talarski became an adjunct professor of |
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| 20 | 20 | | political science at St. Mary's University, The University of Texas |
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| 21 | 21 | | at San Antonio, and St. Philip's College; during her doctoral |
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| 22 | 22 | | studies, she traveled to rural Zambia, Tanzania, and Peru to teach |
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| 23 | 23 | | nutrition, assess public health issues, and assist in business |
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| 24 | 24 | | development; she was a longtime volunteer with the Women's Global |
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| 25 | 25 | | Connection at UIW; deeply committed to her community, she served on |
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| 26 | 26 | | the boards of the League of Women Voters, Alzheimer's Association, |
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| 27 | 27 | | and the Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society; she was also a member of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | Bexar Senior Advisory Committee for the Alamo Area Council of |
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| 29 | 29 | | Governments; moreover, she was an ardent supporter of the arts and |
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| 30 | 30 | | especially loved the works of her close friend, painter Brother |
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| 31 | 31 | | Cletus Behlmann; her kind and thoughtful ways endeared her to |
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| 32 | 32 | | friends all around the world; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Although the death of Elaine Talarski has brought |
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| 34 | 34 | | great sorrow to those who loved her, her life was an inspiring |
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| 35 | 35 | | example of the good that one person can accomplish; now, therefore, |
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| 36 | 36 | | be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Josephine Elaine |
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| 39 | 39 | | Woolsey Talarski and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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| 40 | 40 | | family: to her brother, Dave Woolsey; to her sister-in-law, Lexus |
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| 41 | 41 | | Woolsey; to her cousin, Anita Alton; to her nieces, Linda Norman and |
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| 42 | 42 | | Nancy Nelson; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be |
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| 43 | 43 | | it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 46 | 46 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Elaine |
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| 47 | 47 | | Talarski. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Lopez of Bexar |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 661 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 52 | 52 | | rising vote of the House on March 30, 2023. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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