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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 577
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In Memory |
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Thelma Ruth Zoch Schatte |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Thelma Ruth Zoch Schatte of Giddings on January 25, |
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2019, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Northrup on December 7, 1928, to Gotthilf |
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Martin Zoch and Clara Alfrieda Boettcher, the former Thelma Zoch |
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grew up on a farm with 10 siblings, Ruth, Paul, Monroe, Alma, |
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Robert, Walter, Rudie, Edwin, Ludwig, and Otto, and she helped out |
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with the family's crops and livestock; she attended a nearby |
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Lutheran school before moving to Houston at the age of 14, where |
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she waitressed for a short time and then served as a governess; and |
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WHEREAS, She was joined in matrimony in 1947 to Louis |
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Theodore Schatte, with whom she shared a rewarding marriage that |
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spanned nearly six decades before Mr. Schatte's death in 2006; |
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Mrs. Schatte was a devoted mother to her nine children, Thomas, |
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Louis, David, Benjamin, Kenneth, Suzanna, Marlene, Sharon, and |
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Ronald, and with the passing years she had the pleasure of |
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welcoming into her family numerous grandchildren and |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to raising her family, Mrs. Schatte |
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dedicated herself to tending the Schatte family farm near |
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Giddings, where she lived for 69 years and worked alongside her |
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husband to grow corn, maize, sugar cane, cotton, and peanuts; in |
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later years, the couple converted the farmland to Coastal Bermuda |
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meadows, raising Charolais and Black Angus cattle; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of deep faith, Mrs. Schatte was a longtime |
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congregant of Immanuel Lutheran and a member of the church choir; |
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in her leisure time, she took pleasure in working in her large |
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garden and orchard, where she grew vegetables and fruit trees and |
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canned hundreds of jars of pickles, beans, beets, peaches, and |
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pears every year; she enjoyed preparing signature dishes for her |
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loved ones, especially her homemade bread, Swedish tea ring, and |
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made-from-scratch cakes; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Thelma Schatte is greatly missed, this |
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beloved woman has left her family and friends with many treasured |
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memories, and she will forever hold a special place in their |
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hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Thelma Ruth Zoch |
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Schatte and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her |
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passing; 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Thelma Schatte. |
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Hughes, 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 April 15, 2019, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |