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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 994
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In Memory |
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of |
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Joyce Ann Milke Boll |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Joyce Ann Milke Boll, who died April 17, |
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2013, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Joyce Boll was born September 12, 1923, in |
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Prentice, Wisconsin; she was a 1941 graduate of Antigo High |
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School and completed her studies at the Saint Joseph School of |
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Nursing in Chicago in 1944; she then received her commission as a |
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second lieutenant in the United States Army and served the |
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country with distinction during World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, she married her high school |
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sweetheart, the late United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel |
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Raymond Mitchell Boll, and the couple enjoyed 62 years of |
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marriage together; she continued her professional career, |
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serving as a registered nurse in Illinois and California and |
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retiring as a critical care nurse in Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, She balanced her roles as a professional and a |
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homemaker with grace and equanimity, and she always managed to |
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find time to make lunch for her school-aged children and their |
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friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Boll practiced her faith in her daily life; |
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she was a member of Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, and |
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she made a pilgrimage to the Vatican; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, compassion and generosity, |
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she gave unselfishly to others, and her wisdom, warmth, and |
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valued counsel will not be forgotten by those who were privileged |
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to share in her life; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, |
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and she leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by |
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her family and her many friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Joyce Ann Milke Boll; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Joyce Ann Milke Boll. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 16, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |