Bill Text: TX HR100 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Petra Margarita Gonzales of Bexar County on her 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-18 - Reported enrolled [HR100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR100-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 100 |
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WHEREAS, Petra Margarita Gonzales of Bexar County is marking | ||
a special milestone in her life with the observance of her 90th | ||
birthday on July 23, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in 1923, the former Petra Herrera was raised in | ||
San Antonio by her parents, Fidencio Herrera and Maxima Ramos, and | ||
has resided in Bexar County throughout her lifetime; she spent her | ||
formative years in San Antonio schools and is a graduate of Lanier | ||
High; and | ||
WHEREAS, She exchanged wedding vows with Frank Y. Gonzales, | ||
and together they became the parents of five children; now | ||
a widow, she is the proud, doting matriarch of a family that | ||
includes 11 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and a | ||
great-great-grandchild; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Gonzales was deeply involved in her children's | ||
school activities, serving as the first Hispanic president of the | ||
St. Michael's Academy parent-teacher group, as a Girl Scout leader, | ||
and as the first Hispanic catechist and coordinator at | ||
St. Cecilia's Catholic School; during the 1990s, she continued her | ||
civic participation in Cellular on Patrol Southeast, representing | ||
the Riverside Neighborhood Association, and she received a plaque | ||
recognizing her dedication to the important goal of public safety; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Gonzales recalls a time in the 1950s when a | ||
poll tax was required to cast votes, a practice that barred many | ||
poorer citizens from exercising their civic right; the eventual | ||
prohibition of poll taxes in 1964 increased her interest in the | ||
voting process and her drive to ensure its fairness; she was one of | ||
the first Hispanics to serve as an election clerk and an election | ||
judge in the 1960s, and she volunteered her time in behalf of Bexar | ||
County elections until 2001; this civic-minded Texan also worked in | ||
support of various Democratic candidates into her eighties, and she | ||
continues to be an advocate for voting at the local and national | ||
levels; and | ||
WHEREAS, An esteemed woman who is a source of inspiration to | ||
all who know her, Petra Gonzales has devoted herself wholeheartedly | ||
to her loved ones, her community, and her country, and it is a | ||
distinct pleasure to honor her on nine decades of a life well lived; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Petra | ||
Margarita Gonzales on her 90th birthday and extend to her warmest | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Gonzales as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Gutierrez | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 100 was adopted by the House on July | ||
18, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||