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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when Kathleen Jeanne Jones Gilles of Arlington died on |
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January 21, 2011, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 26, 1933, in Dallas and raised in |
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Wellington, the former Jeanne Jones was the daughter of Dr. Charles |
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Jones, Jr., and Kathleen Patricia Hosack Jones; one of five |
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children, she enjoyed the companionship of a sister, Rosemary, and |
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three brothers, Charles, John, and Frank; and |
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WHEREAS, After attending Sacred Heart Academy in |
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Springfield, Illinois, Mrs. Gilles graduated from Saint Joseph |
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Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee; she worked for a |
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time as a registered nurse at Saint Paul's Hospital in Dallas, then |
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relocated to Midland, where she lived for most of her life; it was |
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there that she met her future husband, Gilbert Joseph Gilles, Jr.; |
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the couple married on January 15, 1955, and shared nearly 40 |
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rewarding years together, until Mr. Gilles's passing in 1994; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a distinguished 23-year career at |
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Midland Memorial Hospital, Mrs. Gilles served as a nursing |
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supervisor and as a nurse administrator in obstetrics, the |
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emergency department, and the pharmacy; in 1982, she opened We Care |
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Home Health Agency with several colleagues, and she continued |
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working in the home health field until her retirement at age 74; she |
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moved to Arlington in 2002; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Gilles was a devoted wife, mother, and |
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grandmother, and she treasured the time she spent with her family, |
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which grew to include 4 children and 11 grandchildren; a longtime |
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congregant of Saint Ann's Catholic Church, she enjoyed dancing, |
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playing bridge, and rooting for the Texas Longhorns; and |
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WHEREAS, Jeanne Gilles touched many lives during her time on |
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this earth, and she will forever hold a special place in the hearts |
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of those who knew and loved her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Kathleen Jeanne |
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Jones Gilles and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Stephen J. Gilles and his wife, Stephanie, |
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R. Michele Purgason and her husband, Thomas, Kathleen J. Clymer, |
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and Susan G. Gilmore and her husband, Trey; to her grandchildren, |
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Emily, Sarah, Sophia, and Gabriella Gilles, Nicholas, Ashley, and |
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Michael Purgason, Taylor Clymer, and Will, Gibby, and Jackson |
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Gilmore; to her brother, Frank H. Jones, and his wife, Sharon; and |
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to 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 Jeanne |
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Gilles. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 371 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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