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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of San Antonio lost a beloved resident with |
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the passing of Maria del Carmen Zendejas Barrera on February 22, |
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2015, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Cementville on August 17, 1924, Carmen |
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Zendejas was the eldest daughter of Ana Barocio and Jose Erasmo |
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Zendejas; she graduated from San Antonio Tech High School in 1943 |
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and went on to attend San Antonio College, St. Mary's University, |
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and The University of Texas at San Antonio before leaving school to |
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care for her mother; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mrs. Barrera devoted much of |
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her time and energy to such charitable groups as the Pan American |
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League and the Wolf Trail Kids Kamp, which she served as president |
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and executive director; among the many other organizations and |
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initiatives to benefit from her efforts were the San Antonio Bar |
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Auxiliary, the annual Telethon Navideno, local dental and vision |
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clinics, and several parent-teacher associations; in 2008, San |
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Antonio Can High School recognized her contributions to the |
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community at its San Antonio Motherhood: Lifetime Achievement Award |
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Luncheon; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Barrera married her high school sweetheart, |
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Roy Barrera, in September 1948, and the couple enjoyed a richly |
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rewarding union over the course of the next 66 years; she was the |
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devoted mother of five children, Yolanda, Roy, Gilbert, Carmen |
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Alice, and Bobby, and she cherished the time she spent with her 12 |
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grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren; her life was further |
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enriched by her travels to Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and |
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Antarctica and by her many lasting friendships maintained through |
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the Club Capri and Ladies 12 social groups; and |
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WHEREAS, A kind and generous woman, Carmen Barrera left an |
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indelible impression on all who were blessed to know her, and those |
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who shared in the warmth of her affection will forever hold her |
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close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Maria del Carmen |
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Zendejas Barrera and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her husband, Roy Barrera Sr.; to her children, Yolanda |
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Arellano, Roy Barrera Jr. and his wife, Sally, Gilbert Barrera, |
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Carmen Alice Ramirez and her husband, Rick, and Bobby Barrera and |
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his wife, Karen; to her grandchildren, Roy R. Barrera III and his |
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wife, Jamie, Mark Barrera and his wife, Abril, Marissa Ann Morales |
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and her husband, Lawrence, Monica Ramirez Khirallah and her |
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husband, David, Andrea, Robert, and Ana Benita Arellano, Margo, |
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Maricarmen, and Mia Ramirez, and Olivia and Erik Barrera; to her |
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great-grandchildren, Roy R. Barrera IV, Ava Rose, Blake, Emma, and |
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Elena Barrera, Sofia, Lyla, and Felicia Morales, and David |
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Khirallah Jr.; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Maria del |
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Carmen Zendejas Barrera. |