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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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and celebrate the life of Jo Ann Zion of Austin, who passed away on |
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April 8, 2013, at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe Shaffer and Willie May Shaffer, |
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Jo Ann Zion was born in San Antonio on June 16, 1931; she spent much |
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of her childhood in her beloved Marathon, enjoying the beauty and |
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adventure of West Texas, where her uncle, Buster Clark, owned a |
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ranch in the Big Bend country and her aunt, Lucille French Clark, |
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ran French's General Store, a local fixture from the mid-1800s |
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until the 1970s; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Zion graduated from San Antonio's Baptist |
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Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1952; over the years, she |
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proudly served as a registered nurse, caring for adults and |
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children at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Sheppard-Allen |
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Hospital in Burnet, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her family, Mrs. Zion shared 47 years of |
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marriage with her husband, Dr. Tom Zion, whom she supported through |
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medical school and accompanied to Air Force and medical postings in |
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Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Texas; she took great pride in her |
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three children, Mark, Jim, and Jane, and they in her; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan lived a rich and purposeful life, |
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reading prolifically for both knowledge and joy, supporting liberal |
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causes and social justice, and always caring for other people and |
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for animals, as reflected in her volunteer work for hospice and for |
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the Hill Country SPCA; and |
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WHEREAS, Jo Ann Zion brightened the lives of countless people |
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during her years on this earth, and she will be deeply missed by all |
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those who had the good fortune to know her; 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 Jo Ann Zion and |
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extend sincere sympathy to her loved ones: to her sons, Mark Zion |
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and his wife, Diane, and Jim Zion and his wife, Karen; to her |
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daughter, Jane Zion; to her niece, Kathryn Martin; and to her other |
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relatives and friends; and, 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 Jo Ann |
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Zion. |