Bill Text: TX SR513 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 19-12)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-03 - Reported enrolled [SR513 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR513-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 19-12)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-03 - Reported enrolled [SR513 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR513-Introduced.html
88R27322 BK-D | ||
By: LaMantia, et al. | S.R. No. 513 |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
passing of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria of Brownsville on December | ||
27, 2022, at the age of 97; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in York, Alabama, on May 9, 1925, to John and | ||
Dorothy Altman, the former Mary Altman grew up with the | ||
companionship of three younger siblings, Dorothy, Eleanor, and | ||
John; as a child, she moved with her family to New Orleans, where | ||
she graduated from the Sophie Wright School for Girls; she studied | ||
for a year at Louisiana State University, and worked as a flight | ||
attendant for Pan American Airways; she married Frank Yturria on | ||
May 9, 1947; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Yturria and her husband shared more than seven | ||
decades together and raised two daughters, Mary Eleanor and | ||
Dorothy; they lived for two years in the Philippines, where | ||
Mr. Yturria was deployed as an air force reservist, before the | ||
family settled in Brownsville; Mrs. Yturria was later blessed with | ||
three grandchildren, George, Leslie, and Alexandra, as well as five | ||
great-grandsons, Daniel, Isaac, Colin, Alexander, and Ben; and | ||
WHEREAS, A resident of Brownsville for 75 years, Mrs. Yturria | ||
sought opportunities to give back to the community; she held | ||
leadership positions in charitable organizations focused on | ||
historic preservation, the arts, literacy, health, safety, and | ||
education, and she and Mr. Yturria proudly served as cofounders of | ||
the Republican Party of Cameron County; through the years, | ||
Mrs. Yturria played a role in the creation of a number of civic | ||
organizations as well, and she and her husband were recognized for | ||
their efforts to promote education in the Rio Grande Valley with the | ||
dedication of the Mary & Frank Yturria Elementary School; in | ||
addition to various other accolades, she was honored by the City of | ||
Brownsville's proclamation of May 9, her birthday, as Mary Yturria | ||
Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, A woman of strong faith, Mrs. Yturria was a lifelong | ||
member of the Church of the Advent, Episcopal, in Brownsville; in | ||
her leisure time, she enjoyed gardening, traveling, cooking, and | ||
entertaining, and she instilled a passion for creative pursuits in | ||
her daughters and grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mary Yturria touched countless lives through her | ||
kind and generous service to others, and all those who were blessed | ||
to share in the warmth of her affection will forever hold her close | ||
in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria | ||
and extend sincere sympathy to her family and friends; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this | ||
day, it do so in memory of Mary Yturria. |