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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Elsa Brown of Robstown, who passed away on March 22, 2013, at the |
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age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, A Robstown native, the former Elsa Cisneros was born |
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on October 19, 1931, to Felix and Matilde Cisneros; she earned a |
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bachelor's degree from the University of the Incarnate Word and a |
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master's degree in social work from Sam Houston State University; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Brown gained experience at the Gonzalez Warm |
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Spring Foundation, a hospital for polio patients, and later at the |
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Caruth Rehabilitation Center in Dallas; she subsequently worked as |
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a nurse for ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia for five years, an experience |
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that awakened in her an enthusiasm for traveling the world, and |
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during that time she met the love of her life, Ken Brown; the couple |
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went on to share more than four and a half decades of marriage |
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together; and |
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WHEREAS, After returning to Texas, Mrs. Brown was employed by |
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the Nueces County Health Department as a social worker; she later |
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became a nursing instructor and the director of continuing |
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education for nursing at Del Mar College, where she was employed for |
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27 years before retiring; dedicated to using her training and |
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expertise for the benefit of others, she continued to work even in |
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retirement as a consultant for Head Start; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Brown further distinguished herself as the |
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devoted mother of three children, Kenny, Kim, and Kalista, and she |
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and her husband had the joy of welcoming into their family seven |
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grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Elsa Brown will be deeply missed, memories |
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of her passion, commitment, and caring will long resonate in the |
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hearts of all those who were privileged to know her; now, therefore, |
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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 life of Elsa Brown and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband, Ken |
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Brown; to her children, Kenny Brown and his wife, Stephanie, Kim |
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Davis and her husband, Mike, and Kalista Emerson; to her sisters, |
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Olga Hankins and her husband, Ronald, and Irma Cook and her husband, |
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Doug; to her brother, Hector Cisneros; to her grandchildren and |
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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 Elsa Brown. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1495 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 24, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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