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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Barbara Engbrock Boyer of |
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Houston sustained a great loss with the death of that beloved woman |
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on December 3, 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in El Campo on January 12, 1917, to Charles and |
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Rosia Engbrock, Barbara Boyer was a resident of Houston for more |
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than 70 years; she shared a deeply rewarding marriage with Henry F. |
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Boyer until his passing in 1961, and she was the mother of three |
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treasured daughters; and |
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WHEREAS, A steadfast source of strength and inspiration for |
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all who depended on her, Mrs. Boyer worked as a seamstress from her |
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home north of downtown Houston to support her family; and |
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WHEREAS, This lifelong Texan leaves behind a treasured legacy |
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of love, tenacity, and constructive endeavor, and those who were |
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privileged to be a part of the world she graced will forever hold |
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her close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Barbara Engbrock |
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Boyer and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her daughters, Barbara Rose Wade and her husband, Buck, Suzanne |
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Sechelski and her husband, Jerry, and Jeanette Wilkins and her |
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husband, Richard; to her grandchildren, Barry, Diane, Theresa, |
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Sharon, Christopher, Susan, Karen, Elizabeth, Christopher, |
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Jeannette, and Edward; to her 19 great-grandchildren; to her |
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great-great-grandchild; to her sister, Marie; to her brothers, |
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Paul, Gene, Andy, John, and Joe; 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 Barbara |
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Engbrock Boyer. |