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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Dolores Lehmann of Dallas, who passed away on May 7, |
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2013, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Dolores Schumacher was born on November 14, 1928, in |
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Oak Park, Illinois, to Dorothy and Elmer Schumacher; she studied at |
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Morton College and at the University of Illinois at |
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Urbana-Champaign before earning her bachelor's degree in |
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journalism at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, where she met |
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her future husband, Elroy Lehmann, when he was waiting tables in her |
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dormitory; they were married in 1951; and |
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WHEREAS, The following year, the couple moved to Connecticut, |
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where Mr. Lehmann had been hired as an assistant professor at |
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Wesleyan University, and over the course of his career as a |
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geologist, Mr. and Mrs. Lehmann and their two daughters, Deborah |
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and Melissa, lived all over the world, including Pakistan, Libya, |
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Egypt, and Argentina; during these sojourns abroad, Mrs. Lehmann |
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pursued her interest in ethnic art and culture, acquiring a large |
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collection; and |
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WHEREAS, During the mid-1960s, while living in Dallas, Mrs. |
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Lehmann continued her education at Southern Methodist University, |
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earning a bachelor's and a master's degree in education, and she |
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went on to work as a special education teacher in Richardson, |
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Chappaqua, New York, and Cairo, Egypt; after the couple retired to |
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Dallas in 1985, Mrs. Lehmann focused on making art, and her |
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metalwork was shown and sold at art shows across the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Lehmann was one of the founders of the |
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International Women's Club of Dallas and a former president of |
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Bentwood Republican Women; she was also active in the Garden Club of |
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the Dallas Geological and Geophysical Women's Auxiliary and at the |
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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, where she took special delight in |
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caring for the plants in the sanctuary; and |
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WHEREAS, Dolores Lehmann was a talented, intelligent, and |
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caring woman with a deep curiosity about the world around her, and |
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though she is no longer with us, she leaves behind a legacy that |
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will continue to inspire all those who had the good fortune to know |
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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 life of Dolores Lehmann and |
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that sincere condolences be extended to the members of her family: |
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to her husband of 61 years, Elroy Lehmann; to her daughters, Deborah |
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and Melissa; to her grandchildren, Paul, Eleanor, Samantha, Rex, |
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Casey, Regan, and Karl; 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 Dolores |
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Lehmann. |
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Carter |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2881 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 26, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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