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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the |
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passing of admired educator Lou Ellen Truesdale of Killeen on |
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December 31, 2022, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe and Bernice Cooper, the former |
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Ellen Cooper was born on November 6, 1945; she grew up on the family |
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farm between Holland and Salado with six younger siblings, James, |
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Rebecca, Peggy, Wanda, Karen, and John; after graduating from |
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Holland High School, she completed her bachelor's degree in health |
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and physical education at Mary Hardin-Baylor College and began |
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teaching at Sugar Loaf Elementary School in Killeen; on July 20, |
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1968, she was joined in matrimony to Charles A. Truesdale; and |
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WHEREAS, When Smith Middle School opened on Fort Hood, |
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Mrs. Truesdale was recruited to teach P.E. and coach volleyball, |
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basketball, and track; she then joined the faculty of the new |
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Ellison High School, where she initially coached and taught both |
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health and P.E.; later, she focused on teaching and launched |
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Ellison's first outdoor education and CPR/first aid classes; she |
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was a mentor to other teachers, and she and her husband took her |
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outdoor education students on overnight campouts; named Secondary |
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Teacher of the Year for 1981 by the Killeen Classroom Teachers |
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Association, she was honored as Outstanding Teacher of the Year at |
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Ellison as well; in 2002, she retired, following a distinguished |
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35-year career; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. Truesdale joined First United |
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Methodist Church in 1968 and became very active in worship groups |
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and such activities as MYF, Sunday school, fried pie-making, and |
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Abigail Circle, which she particularly enjoyed; she and her husband |
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spent countless happy hours camping, backpacking, canoeing, |
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hunting, and fishing together, especially in the Rocky Mountains of |
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Colorado and Wyoming and with Remington Steel, their treasured dog; |
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for 45 years, Mrs. Truesdale was a committee member of the |
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Killeen/Fort Hood Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, and she was a race |
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official for Texas Water Safari for almost three decades; she was |
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also an officer of the Governor Samuel Mathews Chapter, National |
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Society Colonial Dames XVII Century; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Ellen Truesdale is greatly missed by those |
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she left behind, they will forever remember the warmth and kindness |
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she brought into their lives; now, therefore, 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 memory of Lou Ellen Truesdale |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Chuck Truesdale; to her siblings, Peggy Sralla, Wanda |
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Cooper, Karen Sanders, and John Cooper; and to all others who mourn |
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her 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lou Ellen |
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Truesdale. |
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Buckley |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1141 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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