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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria of Brownsville on December |
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27, 2022, at the age of 97; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in York, Alabama, on May 9, 1925, to John and |
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Dorothy Altman, the former Mary Altman grew up with the |
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companionship of three younger siblings, Dorothy, Eleanor, and |
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John; as a child, she moved with her family to New Orleans, where |
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she graduated from the Sophie Wright School for Girls; she studied |
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for a year at Louisiana State University, and worked as a flight |
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attendant for Pan American Airways; she married Frank Yturria on |
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May 9, 1947; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Yturria and her husband shared more than seven |
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decades together and raised two daughters, Mary Eleanor and |
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Dorothy; they lived for two years in the Philippines, where |
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Mr. Yturria was deployed as an air force reservist, before the |
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family settled in Brownsville; Mrs. Yturria was later blessed with |
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three grandchildren, George, Leslie, and Alexandra, as well as five |
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great-grandsons, Daniel, Isaac, Colin, Alexander, and Ben; and |
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WHEREAS, A resident of Brownsville for 75 years, Mrs. Yturria |
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sought opportunities to give back to the community; she held |
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leadership positions in charitable organizations focused on |
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historic preservation, the arts, literacy, health, safety, and |
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education, and she and Mr. Yturria proudly served as cofounders of |
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the Republican Party of Cameron County; through the years, |
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Mrs. Yturria played a role in the creation of a number of civic |
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organizations as well, and she and her husband were recognized for |
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their efforts to promote education in the Rio Grande Valley with the |
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dedication of the Mary & Frank Yturria Elementary School; in |
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addition to various other accolades, she was honored by the City of |
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Brownsville's proclamation of May 9, her birthday, as Mary Yturria |
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Day; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of strong faith, Mrs. Yturria was a lifelong |
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member of the Church of the Advent, Episcopal, in Brownsville; in |
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her leisure time, she enjoyed gardening, traveling, cooking, and |
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entertaining, and she instilled a passion for creative pursuits in |
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her daughters and grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Yturria touched countless lives through her |
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kind and generous service to others, and all those who were blessed |
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to share in the warmth of her affection will forever hold her close |
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in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria |
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and extend sincere sympathy to her family and friends; and, be it |
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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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Mary Yturria. |