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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort |
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those saddened by the death of Ruth del Cueto of San Antonio on |
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August 23, 2020, at the age of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 17, 1941, in San Antonio, Ruthie |
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del Cueto was the daughter of Henriqueta Ortiz Garza and Josue R. |
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Garza; she graduated from Thomas Edison High School and went on to |
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earn two degrees from Southwest Texas State University, a |
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bachelor's degree in education in 1963 and a master's degree in |
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Spanish in 1973; soon after completing her graduate studies, |
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Mrs. del Cueto was hired as a Spanish professor at San Antonio |
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College, where she enjoyed an outstanding 32-year career; she |
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served as chair of the foreign language department from 1989 to 1993 |
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and received numerous honors, including the Fulbright Teacher |
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Exchange Award and the Teaching Excellence award from The |
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University of Texas at Austin; in 2005, she was named professor |
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emeritus; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of resolute faith, Mrs. del Cueto |
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participated in prayer meetings, gave her support to Vacation Bible |
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School, and taught a Wesleyan Bible class; in her leisure time, she |
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loved to travel, and she visited more than 20 countries over the |
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course of her life; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. del Cueto married the love of her life, Charles |
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del Cueto, on August 25, 1962, and the couple shared a rewarding |
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union of 57 years; they were blessed with two children, John and |
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Andrew, and later experienced the joy of welcoming into their |
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family two grandchildren, Madelyn and Joshua; and |
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WHEREAS, Ruth del Cueto possessed a generosity of spirit that |
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expressed itself in myriad ways, and she enriched the lives of |
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countless people with her warmth and kindness; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Ruth del Cueto and |
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extend sincere sympathy to her family: to her husband, Charles del |
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Cueto; to her brother, Alfonso "Poncho" Garza; to her sons, John |
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Charles and Andrew Raymond del Cueto; to her grandchildren, Madelyn |
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Ruth and Joshua Andrew del Cueto; and to her other relatives and |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ruth del |
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Cueto. |