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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Barbara Esgen Stieren of San Antonio passed away on |
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April 25, 2011, at the age of 78, leaving her circle of family and |
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friends to cherish their many happy memories of time spent in her |
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company; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on May 14, 1932, in Abilene, the former Barbara |
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Esgen was the daughter of Dorothy Jeanette Rogers and Wienand Kelly |
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Esgen and later the stepdaughter of Frances McGee Esgen; she |
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attended high school in London and Cairo and graduated in 1954 from |
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The University of Texas at Austin, where she pledged Pi Beta Phi |
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sorority and was selected as a Sweetheart of the Sigma Chi |
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fraternity; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Stieren was a devoted mother to her five |
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children, Lisa, George, Wendy, Kelly, and Amy, and a warm and |
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gracious hostess to their friends, both at the family's home in San |
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Antonio and at their ranch in Gillett; she also took great pride in |
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her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Barbara Stieren's deep faith was nurtured by her |
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involvement in the Episcopal Church of Reconciliation, where she |
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chaired the Altar Guild for a lengthy period; active as well in a |
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number of civic organizations, she was a dedicated member of the |
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Opera Guild of San Antonio, which named her its fall festival |
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honoree in 2009; Mrs. Stieren further contributed to her community |
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through her work with the San Antonio Botanical Garden and the |
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Junior League, and she helped produce one of the city's best-loved |
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parades as a member of the Battle of Flowers Association; she held |
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membership in the Argyle Club and the San Antonio Country Club, and |
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some of her happiest times were spent bird watching in her backyard |
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and beachcombing with her sister on Kiawah Island in South |
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Carolina; and |
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WHEREAS, Beloved for her warmth, kindness, and courageous |
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spirit, Barbara Stieren enriched immeasurably the lives of her |
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family and many friends, and she will forever hold a treasured place |
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in their hearts; 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 life of Barbara Esgen Stieren |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children and their spouses, Lisa and Wally Cox, George and Teri |
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Stieren, Wendy and Tom Wirth, Kelly and Jim Daniell, and Amy and |
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Chase Smiley; to her grandchildren, Heather Hardeman, Gretchen, |
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Arthur, and Gillian Stieren, Michael Cannon, Corina Adams, Thomas |
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and Chase Wirth, Laura Cone, Emily Perryman, James Daniell, Jr., |
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Kelly and Amy Daniell, Michael Burgess, Samuel Smiley II, and |
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George Smiley; to her great-grandchildren, Thomas Anthony Wirth III |
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and Landry Lynn Wirth; and to her other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Barbara |
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Stieren. |
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Hilderbran |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2076 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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