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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Martha Barron Bondurant of Arlington on December 1, |
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2011, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 8, 1922, the |
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former Marty Barron was the daughter of Thomas Barron and Hazel |
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Donohoe; she attended St. Dominic Catholic School and graduated |
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from Seton High School before going on to complete her education at |
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Mercy Hospital School of Nursing; and |
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WHEREAS, This dedicated nurse enlisted in the United States |
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Army Air Corps and then transferred to the Army Ground Corps in |
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order to be deployed overseas during World War II; she worked at the |
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army hospital in Torquay, England, and on one occasion, she |
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assisted surgeons for 72 straight hours as they treated men wounded |
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in the Battle of the Bulge; after the Allied victory in Europe, she |
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cared for soldiers and concentration camp survivors in Reims, |
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France; it was there that she met Army Captain Fred Warren |
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Bondurant, Jr., and he later proposed to her in Baltimore, where she |
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was working at the Merchant Marine Hospital; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Bondurant married in her hometown and |
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moved to Arlington; over the course of the couple's 68 years |
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together, they became the proud parents of 6 children, Sherry, |
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Terrie, Chrissie, Rick, Sandy, and Barry, and shared in the joy of |
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welcoming into their family 28 grandchildren and 14 |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Blessed with a devoted family and admiring friends, |
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Marty Bondurant was a source of joy and inspiration to all who |
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shared in the richness of her life, and those who loved her will |
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forever hold her close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Martha Barron |
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Bondurant and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her husband, Fred W. Bondurant; to her children, Sherry |
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Lewis and her husband, Jim, Terrie Whitman and her husband, Doug, |
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Chrissie Keffler and her husband, Bill, Rick Bondurant, Sandy Berry |
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and her husband, Tim, and Barry Bondurant and his wife, Karen; to |
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her grandchildren, Amy, Andrew, Jennie, Elizabeth, Sarah, Katie, |
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Abby, Joey, Sam, Ellie, Will, Danielle, Rachel, Ricky, Josh, |
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Nathan, Ben, T. J., Luke, Nick, Emily, Caleb, Rebekah, Samantha, |
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Noah, Tabitha, and Faith; to her sisters, Isobel Barron and |
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Catherine Craig and her husband, Gene; to her 14 |
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great-grandchildren; 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 Marty |
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Bondurant. |
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Patrick |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 42 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on February 18, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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