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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 Janis Stanwood Meinscher, a beloved |
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member of the Capitol community, who died on August 15, 2024, at |
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the age of 72; and |
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WHEREAS, Jan Stanwood was born on March 10, 1952, to Joseph |
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Stanwood and Gladys Coleman Stanwood; she possessed a feisty |
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courage and strong sense of adventure from an early age, and |
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after completing high school she enrolled at Texas State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Meinscher's noteworthy career at the State |
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Capitol spanned more than three decades, and her valuable service |
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in both chambers included serving the offices of Senator Kent |
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Caperton, the Senate Journal, Senate Parliamentarian Walter |
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Fisher, and House Parliamentarians Denise Davis and Chris |
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Griesel; a devotee of the legislative process, she dedicated her |
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considerable energies to keeping things running smoothly; during |
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regular and special sessions, her responsibilities required many |
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arduous late nights, but she always returned early the next |
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morning to start her day with a speed walk through the Capitol |
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Extension; and |
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WHEREAS, Jan's engaging smile and her wisecracks helped |
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lighten the load for her colleagues, and she was a mentor to |
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countless staffers and a friend and confidant to many |
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legislators; above all, she adored her family, and she shared a |
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rewarding marriage with her late husband, Denis, and took great |
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pride in her daughter, her stepdaughter, and her grandchildren; |
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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 pay tribute to the life of Janis Stanwood |
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Meinscher and extend sincere condolences to her family: to her |
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daughter, Emily Edington; to her stepdaughter, Heather O'Brien, |
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and her husband, Steve; to her grandchildren, Shelbi Malatin, |
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Aubrey Edington Jones, and Austin Edington Jones; to her brother, |
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Danny Stanwood, and his wife, Missy; and to her many friends and |
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relatives; 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 Jan Meinscher. |