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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Elinor Margaret Brooks Kettler of Brenham, who passed away on |
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November 24, 2011, at the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of George Willard Brooks and Bernice |
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Brooks, Mrs. Kettler was born on April 15, 1926, in Navasota; she |
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graduated from Navasota High School and attended Sam Houston State |
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Teachers College; in 1944, she married Harold G. Harrison, and they |
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became the parents of three children; later in life, in 1996, she |
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exchanged wedding vows with Melvin Kettler, and they enjoyed a |
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rewarding marriage until his passing in 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of strong faith, Mrs. Kettler was baptized |
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at the First Baptist Church of Navasota in 1938, and she joined |
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St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham in 1992; |
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affectionately known as "Mimi" to many, she loved the arts and was |
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skilled with oil paints; moreover, Mrs. Kettler enjoyed traveling |
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across Europe, scrapbooking, and reading; she was instrumental in |
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fund-raising efforts to establish the Bellville Public Library; and |
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WHEREAS, Elinor Kettler lived a rich and purposeful life |
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centered around her faith and her family, and she will long be |
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remembered with deep affection by all who knew 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 Elinor Margaret |
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Brooks Kettler and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her daughters, Julie Tegeler and her husband, Larry, and |
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Georgana Marek and her husband, David; to her son, Philip Harrison, |
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and his wife, Jeanette; to her grandchildren, Amey Rogas and her |
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husband, Russell, Bradley Tegeler, James Harrison and his wife, |
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Holly, Haley Beham and her husband, Matthew, Sara Kramer and her |
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husband, Robert, and John Harrison and his wife, Dori; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Britt, Grant, Benjamin, and Jack Rogas and |
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Elinor Grace Harrison; to her brother-in-law, Charlie Harrison, and |
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his wife, Peggy; and to her other relatives and many 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 Elinor |
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Margaret Brooks Kettler. |