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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Thelma Ruth Hoyle of Alpine, who passed away on March 17, 2011, |
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at the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Thelma Caram was born on January 27, |
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1929, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Norman and Siri Caram; she |
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graduated in 1946 from Lowell High School, where her academic |
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excellence earned her the Carney Medal; she went on to obtain a |
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bachelor's degree in business education from Salem State University |
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and later graduated from Boston University with a master's degree |
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in secondary education and a certificate for advanced graduate |
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studies in secondary school administration and supervision; and |
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WHEREAS, For four decades beginning in 1951, Mrs. Hoyle was |
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head of the business department and taught business courses at |
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Weston High School in Weston, Massachusetts; named Business |
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Educator of the Year in 1973 by the Massachusetts Business |
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Educators Association, she was published in Business Education |
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World and was a speaker at various professional conferences; she |
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received the Pioneer Award from Southwestern Publishing Company in |
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1991, the year she retired, for her dedication, innovation, |
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leadership, and professional contributions; and |
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WHEREAS, A lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, Mrs. |
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Hoyle taught Sunday school and was a licensed lay reader; in |
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addition, she joined the International Order of St. Luke the |
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Physician, a Christian healing ministry, and conducted a weekly |
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prayer service in her home for those in need of healing, and she was |
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a member of the Order of the Daughters of the King; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Hoyle enjoyed the love and support of her |
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husband, Albert G. Hoyle, whom she married in 1957; the couple |
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traveled extensively over the years, visiting Hawaii, England, |
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Russia, Estonia, Finland, New Zealand, and Australia, among other |
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locales; and |
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WHEREAS, The Hoyles moved to Alpine in 1991, and Mrs. Hoyle |
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started a local chapter of the Order of St. Luke; she was also |
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active in the Republican Women of the Big Bend and served as a |
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volunteer at the Museum of the Big Bend; moreover, she supported the |
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music program at Sul Ross State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Thelma Hoyle lived a rich and purposeful life, and |
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she will long be remembered with deep affection by all those who |
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held her dear; 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 Thelma Ruth Hoyle |
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and extend sincere sympathy to her husband, Albert G. Hoyle, and to |
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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 Thelma |
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Hoyle. |