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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 6
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In Memory |
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Rose Campbell Lancaster |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Rose Campbell |
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Lancaster, who died May 23, 2013, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, Rose Campbell was born on June 18, 1926, in |
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Atlanta, Georgia; she grew up in West Point, Mississippi, |
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graduated from Millsaps College with a degree in Spanish, and |
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earned a teaching certificate from Tulane University; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Jim Lancaster in 1955, and the couple |
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moved to Austin, where they raised their four children and where |
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Rose became a well-known and highly respected community leader; |
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she served on numerous boards and committees and was noted for |
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her outstanding work on behalf of the homeless and for her |
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consistent efforts to help children and to promote women's |
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empowerment; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1971, she became the first executive director |
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of Extend-A-Care, which provides after-school care for children |
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of working families, and she helped to expand its services from a |
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single school to over 35 Austin area schools; she also worked as |
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program director of the Presbyterian Children's Home and as |
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interim director of Manos de Cristo at El Buen Pastor Church; and |
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WHEREAS, In the mid-1990s, she left behind her |
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professional career to focus full-time on her career in |
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volunteerism; she was a founding board member of the Austin Human |
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Services Association and of Front Steps; she was instrumental in |
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designing the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, and she |
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took part in creating the Capitol Area Homeless Alliance; and |
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WHEREAS, She was deeply committed to her work as a |
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volunteer, and she earned many awards for her exceptional |
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accomplishments and exemplary leadership; she was the recipient |
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of the Spirit of Compassion Community Scion Award from the |
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Foundation for the Homeless, and the Community Spirit Award from |
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Front Steps; and |
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WHEREAS, Rose Lancaster was a remarkably generous, |
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kindhearted person who was respected by all who knew her; she was |
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devoted to her husband, Jim, her children, Liz, Jim, David, and |
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Doug, her seven grandchildren, and her great-grandchild; and |
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WHEREAS, Rose Lancaster gave unselfishly of her time to |
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others, and she touched the lives of countless people; she was |
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beloved by her family and friends, and she will long be |
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remembered with affection and appreciation by all who were |
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privileged to share in her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Rose Campbell Lancaster; |
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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 Rose Lancaster. |
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Watson |
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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 May 30, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |