Bill Text: TX HR1141 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Lou Ellen Truesdale of Killeen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1141 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1141-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1141 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the | ||
| passing of admired educator Lou Ellen Truesdale of Killeen on | ||
| December 31, 2022, at the age of 77; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Joe and Bernice Cooper, the former | ||
| Ellen Cooper was born on November 6, 1945; she grew up on the family | ||
| farm between Holland and Salado with six younger siblings, James, | ||
| Rebecca, Peggy, Wanda, Karen, and John; after graduating from | ||
| Holland High School, she completed her bachelor's degree in health | ||
| and physical education at Mary Hardin-Baylor College and began | ||
| teaching at Sugar Loaf Elementary School in Killeen; on July 20, | ||
| 1968, she was joined in matrimony to Charles A. Truesdale; and | ||
| WHEREAS, When Smith Middle School opened on Fort Hood, | ||
| Mrs. Truesdale was recruited to teach P.E. and coach volleyball, | ||
| basketball, and track; she then joined the faculty of the new | ||
| Ellison High School, where she initially coached and taught both | ||
| health and P.E.; later, she focused on teaching and launched | ||
| Ellison's first outdoor education and CPR/first aid classes; she | ||
| was a mentor to other teachers, and she and her husband took her | ||
| outdoor education students on overnight campouts; named Secondary | ||
| Teacher of the Year for 1981 by the Killeen Classroom Teachers | ||
| Association, she was honored as Outstanding Teacher of the Year at | ||
| Ellison as well; in 2002, she retired, following a distinguished | ||
| 35-year career; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A woman of faith, Mrs. Truesdale joined First United | ||
| Methodist Church in 1968 and became very active in worship groups | ||
| and such activities as MYF, Sunday school, fried pie-making, and | ||
| Abigail Circle, which she particularly enjoyed; she and her husband | ||
| spent countless happy hours camping, backpacking, canoeing, | ||
| hunting, and fishing together, especially in the Rocky Mountains of | ||
| Colorado and Wyoming and with Remington Steel, their treasured dog; | ||
| for 45 years, Mrs. Truesdale was a committee member of the | ||
| Killeen/Fort Hood Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, and she was a race | ||
| official for Texas Water Safari for almost three decades; she was | ||
| also an officer of the Governor Samuel Mathews Chapter, National | ||
| Society Colonial Dames XVII Century; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although Ellen Truesdale is greatly missed by those | ||
| she left behind, they will forever remember the warmth and kindness | ||
| she brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lou Ellen Truesdale | ||
| and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her | ||
| husband, Chuck Truesdale; to her siblings, Peggy Sralla, Wanda | ||
| Cooper, Karen Sanders, and John Cooper; and to all others who mourn | ||
| her passing; 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 Lou Ellen | ||
| Truesdale. | ||
| Buckley | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1141 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on April 28, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
