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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 Evelyn Cernik of Houston died on September 21, 2009, at |
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the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 27, 1925, in Galveston, to Ernest |
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and Louise Petersen, the former Evelyn Erline Petersen enjoyed the |
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companionship of four siblings, Herbert, Gail, Elouise, and Dale; |
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she graduated from Ball High School in 1943 and earned a degree in |
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microbiology from The University of Texas at Austin in 1951; and |
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WHEREAS, That same year, Mrs. Cernik married the love of her |
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life, Charles E. Cernik, in Galveston; the couple shared a |
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rewarding relationship of nearly six decades and became the parents |
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of three children, Carolyn, Charles, and Cheryl; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of 35 years, Mrs. Cernik chronicled |
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notable events in the lives of area residents through her popular |
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"Potpourri" column in the Leader, the northwest Houston local |
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newspaper; a valued member of St. James Evangelical Lutheran |
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Church, which she joined in 1956, she served her fellow congregants |
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as archivist and as president of St. James Women of the Evangelical |
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Lutheran Church of America; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cernik was also a longtime supporter of the |
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Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council, and in 1999 she received a |
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Lifetime Achievement Award for her many accomplishments during half |
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a century of membership in the council's Twin Oaks Service Unit; her |
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record of civic engagement further included four decades as a |
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nursing home volunteer and as an active member of the auxiliary at |
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Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, as well as 29 years' |
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involvement in the Houston A&M Mothers' Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Evelyn Cernik possessed a generosity of spirit that |
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expressed itself in myriad ways, and countless lives were forever |
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enriched by her warmth and kindness; 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 Evelyn Cernik and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Charles Cernik; to her children, Carolyn Weaver and her |
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husband, Gary, and Charles Curtis Cernik and his wife, Joyce; to her |
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sister, Gail Jones; to her brother, Herbert Petersen, and his wife, |
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Jackie; 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 Evelyn |
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Cernik. |
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Bohac |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2011 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 26, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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