Bill Text: TX HR101 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Anne Newberry Bergman of Weatherford.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR101 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR101-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Anne Newberry Bergman of Weatherford.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR101 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR101-Introduced.html
87R4534 CW-D | ||
By: King of Parker | H.R. No. 101 |
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to | ||
a close with the passing of Anne Newberry Bergman of Weatherford on | ||
November 4, 2020, at the age of 95; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former Anne Newberry was born in Weatherford on | ||
March 12, 1925, to William and Mary Newberry; she received a | ||
bachelor's degree in accounting from Trinity University in 1946, | ||
and the following year, she married Robert Bergman, whom she had met | ||
on a blind date; the couple shared a rewarding marriage that spanned | ||
seven decades, and they took great pride in their three children, | ||
Elizabeth, John, and William, and in their 11 grandchildren and 4 | ||
great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Passionate about politics, Mrs. Bergman was a | ||
delegate to the Republican Party state convention beginning in | ||
1952, and she contributed her time and energy to a number of | ||
gubernatorial, congressional, and presidential campaigns; from | ||
1976 to 1977, she served as president of the Texas Federation of | ||
Republican Women; engaged in her local community as well, she held a | ||
city council seat and was a founding member of the Friends of the | ||
Weatherford Public Library; she attended All Saints' Anglican | ||
Church, and she played a key role in establishing the church's | ||
orphanage in Mexico; and | ||
WHEREAS, Above all else, Mrs. Bergman cherished time spent | ||
with her family, and she especially enjoyed traveling and sailing; | ||
she and her husband were also valued members of the Weatherford Wine | ||
and Food Society; and | ||
WHEREAS, While the passing of Anne Bergman brings great | ||
sadness to her loved ones, she leaves behind a legacy that will long | ||
be treasured by all those who held her dear; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Anne Newberry | ||
Bergman and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: | ||
to her daughter, Elizabeth Bozzell; to her sons, John Bergman and | ||
his wife, Nancy, and William Bergman and his wife, Melissa; to her | ||
grandchildren, Catherine, Carrie, Drew, Grant, Spencer, Brett, | ||
Ellen, Anne, Randi, and Riley; to her great-grandchildren, Noah, | ||
Abby, Halee, and Weston; and to her other relatives and friends; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Anne | ||
Bergman. |