SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 108



	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to pay 

tribute to Winifred Sophie Kuehl Russell on the grand occasion of 

her 100th birthday on August 25, 2005; and

	WHEREAS, Winifred Sophie Kuehl was born into a 

German-speaking family in DeWitt County in 1905 and had to learn 

to speak English before going to public schools in Cuero; and

	WHEREAS, She attended Southwestern University in 

Georgetown, Victoria Junior College, and Southwest Texas State 

University; she taught school in Green DeWitt, New County Line, 

Roseville, Mission Valley, Arneckeville, and Cuero, and she 

worked in a gift shop in Cuero during summer vacations; and

	WHEREAS, When Winifred married Clarence A. Russell on 

November 2, 1927, in Grace Episcopal Church, it was the first 

wedding ceremony performed by the Reverend Everett H. Jones; and

	WHEREAS, Winifred and Clarence moved to Victoria, where 

Clarence was employed, and where her son, Clarence A. Russell, Jr.,

was born on September 22, 1928; the couple returned to Cuero 

after Clarence bought a business there, and they lived in the 

same home in which Winifred had grown up; and

	WHEREAS, Working together, the couple survived the

Great Depression, but the piano which Winifred had learned to 

play as a child had to be sold to help support the family; during 

World War II, Winifred did volunteer work with the Red Cross; and

	WHEREAS, After her husband died in 1973, Winifred remained 

in the family home for several years and then moved to San Antonio,

where her son and his family lived; she lived in Walnut Manor for 





25 years before a fall convinced her to move to a nursing home; 

she is now a resident of Regent Care at Medical Center; and

	WHEREAS, Winifred is beloved by her seven grandchildren, 

her eight great-grandchildren, and her great-great-grandchild; 

she is noted for her charm, her generosity of spirit, and her 

enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest; now, therefore, be 

it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

79th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby recognize

Winifred Kuehl Russell as a treasured citizen of this state and 

extend to her best wishes on her 100th birthday; and, be it 

further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 

her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.

                                                                       Wentworth









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    President of the Senate

 

    I hereby certify that the 

above Resolution was adopted by 

the Senate on August 16, 2005.







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    Secretary of the Senate







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     Member, Texas Senate