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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 270
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In Memory |
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Beatrice Theresa Gonzalez Aleman |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of San Antonio in mourning the loss of Beatrice Theresa |
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Gonzalez Aleman, who died February 5, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Beatrice Gonzalez, "Bea," as her family and |
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friends knew her, was born December 6, 1943, to Jose and Amelia |
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Gonzalez; she moved with her family to a small house on Saint |
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Francis Street in San Antonio's South Side in 1955; with her |
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brothers and sisters, she attended Saint Philip of Jesus School; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, On her first day of the seventh grade, she met |
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Joseph Lawrence Aleman; they became friends, fell in love, and |
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ultimately married 14 years later in Saint Philip Church; the |
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devoted couple raised four children together and were married for |
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41 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Bea graduated from Incarnate Word High School and |
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earned a bachelor's degree from Incarnate Word College; she |
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earned two master's degrees in education and administration but |
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stopped working on a doctoral degree to focus more on her growing |
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family; and |
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WHEREAS, The family moved to South Bend, Indiana, where |
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Lawrence pursued his master's degree in business administration |
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at the University of Notre Dame; there, Bea and her whole family |
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went through a transformation in the diverse community and their |
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faith grew deeper; and |
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WHEREAS, Bea had a passion for education and a strong |
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belief in its benefits; during her forty years as a teacher and |
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principal, she oversaw the education of thousands of children in |
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Catholic and public schools in San Antonio, Houston, and South |
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Bend, and she worked tirelessly so that her students might reach |
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their full potential; and |
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WHEREAS, Bea was also passionate about her faith and her |
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devotion to the church; her services to the church included |
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teaching religious education, leading marriage encounters, |
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helping at fundraisers, and leading a children's choir; she and |
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her husband ensured that their own children attended Catholic |
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high schools and went on to prestigious universities for higher |
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education; and |
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WHEREAS, Beatrice Aleman was a devoted wife, mother, and |
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grandmother; she was a courageous woman who leaves behind |
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memories that will be treasured forever by her family, her many |
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friends, and the many young people whose lives she touched while |
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she was a teacher; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Beatrice Theresa Gonzalez Aleman: her husband, |
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Lawrence; her children, Joseph Lawrence Aleman, Jr., Thomas |
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Aleman, Theresa Aleman Anderson, and Stephen Aleman; her 11 |
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grandchildren; and her brothers and sisters; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Beatrice Aleman. |
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Van de Putte |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 15, 2011, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |