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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 15
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In Memory |
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of |
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Martin Joseph Jones |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Sister Martin Joseph Jones, who died |
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April 29, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1923, Martin |
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Joseph Jones grew up in Houston and graduated from John H. Reagan |
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High School in 1941; in 1943, she entered the Sisters of Saint |
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Mary of Namur, and she pronounced her vows in 1952; and |
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WHEREAS, This remarkable woman dedicated 70 years of her |
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life to the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur and was highly esteemed |
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as an educator, archivist, and librarian; and |
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WHEREAS, Sister Martin received a bachelor's degree from |
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Our Lady of Victory College in Fort Worth and taught at parochial |
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schools until she was asked to prepare for a new stage in her |
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career of service; and |
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WHEREAS, She earned a master's degree in library science |
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from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in |
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1956 in order to become the first librarian at the University of |
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Dallas, where she served for six years; she then established the |
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library at Nolan High School and served there for seven years; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, She taught for a year in Kenmore, New York, and |
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then returned to her work as a librarian; she worked in the |
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library of the State University of New York at Buffalo for more |
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than 26 years and served there as head of archives, Special |
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Collections, for two decades; during this time, she also helped |
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to organize the archives for the Sisters of Saint Mary Generalate |
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in Namur, Belgium, and for the Buffalo Diocese; and |
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WHEREAS, Sister Martin was a warm and caring person whose |
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outgoing nature and enthusiasm for life were inspiring; during |
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her 70-year career, her love for knowledge and her commitment to |
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her faith had a profound impact on all those who encountered her; |
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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 pay tribute to the life |
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of Sister Martin Joseph Jones; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her loved ones as an expression of deepest sympathy from the |
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Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so |
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in memory of Sister Martin Joseph Jones. |
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Davis |
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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 June 6, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |