Bill Text: TX HR114 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Al and Ruth Burkhalter of Mount Pleasant on their 50th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR114 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR114-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 114 |
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WHEREAS, An inspiring couple whose lives have been enhanced | ||
by a great and enduring love, Al and Ruth Burkhalter of Mount | ||
Pleasant celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 21, | ||
2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, Al Burkhalter and the former Ruth Speas met on the | ||
campus of Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Miltonvale, Kansas, and | ||
following a romantic proposal from outside her dorm room window, | ||
they exchanged the vows of matrimony in 1967; with the passing | ||
years, their family has grown to include their two sons, Chad and | ||
his wife, Cammy, and Travis and his wife, Beth, as well as their | ||
eight grandchildren, Cole, Cara Beth, Christina, Caroline, | ||
Isabella, Sophia, Isaac, and Joy; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Burkhalter are longtime educators who | ||
have worked in a number of cities in South Dakota and in Mount | ||
Pleasant; Mr. Burkhalter served as a math teacher and basketball, | ||
football, and track coach over the course of his 45-year career, | ||
while Mrs. Burkhalter specialized in teaching reading to | ||
elementary students during her 37 years in the classroom; they have | ||
always been active in their church, holding a number of leadership | ||
roles at Linwood Wesleyan Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, | ||
before becoming valued congregants of South Jefferson Baptist | ||
Church in Mount Pleasant; and | ||
WHEREAS, While much has changed in the world over the past | ||
half century, this devoted husband and wife have remained constant | ||
in their commitment to each other, and the strength of their love | ||
has enabled them to meet life's challenges and opportunities with | ||
grace and optimism; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Al and Ruth | ||
Burkhalter on their 50th wedding anniversary and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Burkhalter as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Hefner | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 114 was adopted by the House on August | ||
15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||