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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort |
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those saddened by the death of Gloria Anne Gilson Kolb of Tyler on |
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July 30, 2022, at the age of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Harold and Ruth Gilson, the former |
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Gloria Gilson was born in Rumford, Maine, on April 8, 1930, and she |
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grew up in Boston, Massachusetts; she went on to study nursing at |
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Massachusetts General Hospital and Simmons College, and it was at |
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that time that she met the love of her life, James Kolb; the couple |
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were joined in matrimony and shared a rewarding union that spanned |
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more than five decades until Mr. Kolb's death in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, After living in California, Mr. and Mrs. Kolb moved |
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to Venezuela, where they helped build a church and an orphanage that |
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they supported for many years; the couple settled in Tyler in 1965, |
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and Mrs. Kolb served as a nurse at Mother Frances Hospital for |
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several years before working at Texlan Oil Company; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, Mrs. Kolb was a member of |
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the Petroleum Wives of Tyler and the Historic Aviation Memorial |
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Museum; a woman of deep faith, she attended Green Acres Baptist |
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Church and later became involved with The Woods Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Kolb was the devoted mother of 3 children, |
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Jonathan, Sheri, and Sandra, and with the passing years, she had the |
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pleasure of seeing her family grow to include 7 grandchildren and 11 |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Gloria Kolb lived a caring and purposeful life, and |
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she will forever be remembered with great admiration and affection |
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by all who held her close to their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Gloria Anne Gilson Kolb and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Jonathan Kolb, Sheri Machel and her husband, John, and |
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Sandra Snyder and her husband, Mark; to her grandchildren, Tyler |
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Machel and his wife, Ashley, Cameron Machel and his wife, Erin, |
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Johannes Kolb and his wife, Laura, Kathrine Ries and her husband, |
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Alexander, Stephanie Poblocka and her husband, Patrik, Zach Snyder |
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and his partner, Cassie, and Mike Snyder and his wife, Victoria; to |
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her great-grandchildren; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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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 this |
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day, it do so in memory of Gloria Kolb. |