H.R. No. 314


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and meaningful accomplishments may comfort the family and friends of Nancy Riley Whatley Mundinger of Baytown, who died on June 28, 2004, at the age of 76; and WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on January 29, 1928, to Calvin and Pearl Riley Whatley, this seventh-generation Texan graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and attended The University of Texas, where she met her future husband, Daniel Moore Mundinger; the newlyweds moved to Baytown in 1951 and reared four sons, Will, Dan, Calvin, and Erich; Calvin Mundinger, who took office as the mayor of Baytown in May 2004, has said that his decision to seek public office was greatly inspired by his mother's steadfast community service; and WHEREAS, A consummate volunteer, Mrs. Mundinger left an indelible mark on her adopted hometown through her involvement with a host of notable organizations, including the Baytown Service League, which she served as president, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school and acted as Benevolence Chair, and the Baytown Chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters, which she founded; moreover, she also ably served the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as a docent for their Bayou Bend Collection and was a member of the Bluebird Circle of Houston, and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Committee; and WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Nancy Mundinger will remember her humor, her zest for life, and her love of her family, her community, and Texas; although she will be profoundly missed, her legacy of generosity and service will long live on in the hearts of those whose lives she so richly blessed; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Nancy Riley Whatley Mundinger and extend deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband, Daniel Moore Mundinger; to her sons and their spouses, William George Mundinger II, and his wife, Winifred, Daniel Moore Mundinger, Jr., and his wife, Catherine, Calvin Adam Mundinger, and his wife, Ann, and Erich Whatley Mundinger, and his wife, Betty; to her grandchildren, William George, Robert Adam, Elizabeth and her husband, Patrick, Samantha Ann, Daniel Moore, Kathern Casey, Riley Kean, Hilary Bird, George Lewis, Jennifer Deanne, and Gage Rohr; to her brother, Calvin Whatley, and his wife, Julia; to her brother-in-law, John Lanham Higginbotham; to her aunt, Lavera Riley; and to the other relatives and many friends of this beloved woman; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Nancy Riley Whatley Mundinger. Smith of Harris Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 314 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on February 24, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House