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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Alpine lost an admired neighbor and |
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friend with the death of Martha Floro on April 8, 2009, at the age of |
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88; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on June 27, 1920, to John and Ruby Davis Ford in |
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Missouri, the former Martha Josephine Ford grew up on the family |
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farm and graduated from high school in Odessa, Missouri; she met her |
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husband, George Floro, while earning a junior college degree at |
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Graceland College in Iowa, and the couple went on to enjoy 65 |
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rewarding years of marriage and raise two children, Charles and |
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Beverly; with the passing years, the family grew to include seven |
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grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, The Floros resided in several different locations |
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across the country as Mr. Floro pursued his education; while living |
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in Louisiana, Mrs. Floro earned her bachelor's degree in journalism |
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at Louisiana State University, and when the family moved to Guam in |
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1962, she edited a civil service newspaper for U.S. Navy personnel; |
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following the family's return stateside, Mrs. Floro served as a |
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social service worker in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, a job she held until |
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her retirement in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Floro chose to relocate to Alpine after |
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retiring, and Mrs. Floro took an active role in the community, |
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working with the West Texas Democratic Women and the Sierra Club and |
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joining in fellowship with other members of the Religious Society |
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of Friends; an avid and gifted writer, she taught creative writing |
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at the Sunshine House, and her work has appeared in a number of |
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local and regional publications; she also took part in quilting and |
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singing groups at the Sunshine House, sold goat cheese at the local |
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farmers' market, helped found Big Bend Recyclers and Big Bend |
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People & Goats, and enjoyed birdwatching and photography; and |
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WHEREAS, Martha Floro led a long and generous life filled |
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with meaningful contributions to her family and to the many |
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communities where she lived, and she will be fondly remembered and |
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greatly missed by all those who held her dear; 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 Martha Floro and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, George Floro; to her children, Chuck Floro and his wife, |
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Debbie, and Beverly Seidlicki; to her grandchildren, Ezekiel Floro |
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and his wife, Alesia, Angela Pommer and her husband, Kelly, Sarah, |
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Katie, and Christy Floro, and Carissa and Danica Topham; to her |
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great-grandchildren, William, Daniel, and Nadine Floro and David |
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Pommer; and to her 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 Martha |
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Floro. |