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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos, who died |
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May 9, 2025, at the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Maria Teresa was born in Laredo on March 14, 1942; |
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after completing high school at Ursuline Academy, she became the |
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first in her family to earn a college degree in 1962, when she |
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earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Incarnate Word |
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College; and |
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WHEREAS, Maria Teresa embarked on a successful and |
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rewarding career teaching mathematics and science at Ursuline |
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Academy, and she made a lasting impact on the lives of many |
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students she taught at Ursuline Academy, Martin High School, and |
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Laredo Junior College; and |
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WHEREAS, Maria Teresa shared a loving union of nearly |
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sixty years with Jesus Guadalupe Cavazos Fernandez; she was |
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blessed with four children, Jesus Cavazos Jr., and Maria Teresa, |
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Leticia del Carmen, and Patricia Isabel Cavazos Flores, and she |
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was the devoted "Tita" to her grandchildren, Natalia and Zoe |
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Cavazos Silva and Viviana and Cesar Garza Cavazos; and |
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WHEREAS, Maria Teresa found a warm and welcoming community |
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in Monterrey, Mexico, and she gave generously of her time to her |
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local garden and Rotary clubs; she helped to support many area |
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priests and nuns and was honored to help establish her church, |
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Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Ángeles, where she served in numerous |
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ministry groups and as a lector and Eucharistic minister; and |
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WHEREAS, Maria Teresa was a skilled gardener, a consummate |
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hostess, and a talented and creative artist, seamstress, and |
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chef; she was a beloved matriarch and a cherished member of the |
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community, and she will long be remembered with admiration and |
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appreciation by all who were privileged to share in her life; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos; 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 Maria Teresa Cavazos. |