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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 34
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In Memory |
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of |
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Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler, who died |
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January 9, 2017, at the age of 95; and |
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WHEREAS, Bette-Jo Simpson was born on May 2, 1921, in |
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Olympia, Washington, to Blanche Taylor and Jess Ray Simpson; she |
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graduated from the Annie Wright School in Tacoma and from the |
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University of Washington; and |
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WHEREAS, She married the late Frank Sibley Buhler Jr. on |
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July 7, 1942, and the couple moved to Victoria, Texas, in 1948; |
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she was blessed with five children, 13 grandchildren, and 17 |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Buhler played a major role in building the |
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Republican Party in Texas; she was instrumental in helping John |
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Tower become the first Republican from Texas to be elected a |
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United States senator, and she was a founding member of the |
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Associated Republicans of Texas; she served as cochair of the |
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Texas Republican Party and was named the 2001 Republican of the |
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Year by the National Republican Congressional Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, She was also active in a wide range of community |
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and philanthropic organizations; she was a sustaining member of |
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the Victoria Junior League, and she helped establish Trinity |
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Episcopal School and served as chair of the board of the Victoria |
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Youth Activity Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, She helped to organize the Gulf Bend Center and |
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was actively involved with the Victoria Symphony, the Lionel |
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Hampton International Jazz Festival, and the Texas State |
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University System Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and compassion, she |
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gave unselfishly to others, and her generous spirit, her wise |
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counsel, and her enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest |
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will not be forgotten; 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 many friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler; 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 Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler. |
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Kolkhorst |
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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 January 23, 2017, by |
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a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |