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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close with the passing of Josephine Elaine Woolsey Talarski of San |
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Antonio on February 22, 2023, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Hugh and Josephine Woolsey, Elaine |
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Talarski was born in Goff, Kansas, on February 2, 1936; she |
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completed her bachelor's degree in public health nursing at |
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Marquette University and went on to earn master's degrees in |
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business management from Webster University and in political |
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science from St. Mary's University; at the age of 77, she received a |
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Ph.D. in international education and entrepreneurship from the |
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University of the Incarnate Word; Ms. Talarski began her career as |
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a school nurse and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force; over the |
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course of two decades, she cared for patients at assignments all |
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over the world, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Talarski became an adjunct professor of |
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political science at St. Mary's University, The University of Texas |
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at San Antonio, and St. Philip's College; during her doctoral |
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studies, she traveled to rural Zambia, Tanzania, and Peru to teach |
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nutrition, assess public health issues, and assist in business |
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development; she was a longtime volunteer with the Women's Global |
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Connection at UIW; deeply committed to her community, she served on |
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the boards of the League of Women Voters, Alzheimer's Association, |
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and the Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society; she was also a member of the |
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Bexar Senior Advisory Committee for the Alamo Area Council of |
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Governments; moreover, she was an ardent supporter of the arts and |
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especially loved the works of her close friend, painter Brother |
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Cletus Behlmann; her kind and thoughtful ways endeared her to |
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friends all around the world; and |
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WHEREAS, Although the death of Elaine Talarski has brought |
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great sorrow to those who loved her, her life was an inspiring |
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example of the good that one person can accomplish; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Josephine Elaine |
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Woolsey Talarski and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her |
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family: to her brother, Dave Woolsey; to her sister-in-law, Lexus |
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Woolsey; to her cousin, Anita Alton; to her nieces, Linda Norman and |
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Nancy Nelson; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Elaine |
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Talarski. |
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Lopez of Bexar |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 661 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 30, 2023. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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