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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Round Rock community lost a greatly beloved |
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resident when Susan Carol Streit Blount passed away on June 25, |
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2007, at the age of 54; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Taylor on February 5, 1953, Mrs. Blount |
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graduated from Taylor High School and earned a degree from Stephen |
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F. Austin State University; during college, she worked several |
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summers at the Texas Lions Camp, a facility for children with |
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disabilities, and the experience led her to a highly regarded |
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career as a speech pathologist; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Susan Streit was married to Larry Blount |
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on May 22, 1976, and she became the mother of a son and daughter, |
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Garrett and Rachel; her family meant the world to her, and she, to |
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them; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Blount joined the Round Rock Independent School |
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District in 1991 as a part-time substitute teacher, and she became |
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the speech pathologist at Fern Bluff Elementary when that school |
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opened in 1992; over the next 15 years, she won the hearts of her |
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students through her empathy, patience, and encouragement as she |
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helped them overcome their challenges, and she kept track of their |
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progress long after they left her charge; and |
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WHEREAS, This gifted teacher was equally valued by her |
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colleagues, whose days were always brightened by her readiness to |
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lend an ear, her ability to offer thoughtful counsel, and her |
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delighted, infectious laughter; for all who knew her at Fern Bluff, |
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whether they were staff, students, or parents, she was an elemental |
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part of the school and its spirit; and |
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WHEREAS, In her free time, Mrs. Blount enjoyed giving rein to |
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her creative talents as a cook, gardener, and hostess; one of her |
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great joys was the vacations she took with her family to such places |
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as the Grand Canyon and the Gulf Coast; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Susan Blount's warmth, |
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kindness, and irrepressible sense of fun drew people to her, and she |
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in turn was forever reaching out to others; she always knew, as a |
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student said, when something was wrong, and she would do whatever |
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she could to help and comfort; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of deep faith, Mrs. Blount was a valued |
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member of her Sunday school class and the congregation at First |
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United Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Susan Blount approached life with a joyful zest and |
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generosity of spirit that endeared her deeply to all who knew her, |
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and she will be forever remembered and treasured by those who were |
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blessed to be a part of her world; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Susan Carol Streit |
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Blount and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her husband of 31 years, Larry Blount; to her children, Rachel and |
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Garrett Blount; to her mother and stepfather, Mary Jo and Gerald |
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Bolfing; to her brother and sister-in-law, Brad and Suzi Streit; to |
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her stepbrothers and stepsisters, Jerry, John, and Michael Ann |
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Bolfing and Patty Fulbright; to her stepsisters-in-law and |
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stepbrother-in-law, Kim and Gailey Bolfing and Ed Fulbright; and to |
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her many other relatives and 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 Susan Carol |
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Streit Blount. |