Bill Text: TX HR184 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Cynthia Gerhardt, former chief clerk of the Texas House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR184 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR184-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 184 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Cynthia Lee Baum Gerhardt, former chief clerk of the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives, on May 9, 2008; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Elmer "Doc" Carl Baum and Virginia | ||
| Kuns Baum, the former Cynthia Lee Baum was born on August 7, 1937, | ||
| in Fort Scott, Kansas; at the age of six, she moved with her family | ||
| to Austin, a city that she heartily adopted as her home; she | ||
| graduated from Austin High School and briefly worked for the | ||
| Treasury Department and the Texas Employment Commission, before | ||
| leaving to attend Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she | ||
| earned an associate's degree in 1957; while there, she married and | ||
| became the mother of two daughters, Suzanne and Sharon; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Returning to Austin, Ms. Gerhardt again found | ||
| employment in state government, initially working for members of | ||
| the Texas House of Representatives and later in the Office of the | ||
| Governor; in 1970, she started her impressive 25-year tenure in the | ||
| Chief Clerk's Office, and she served as chief clerk during parts of | ||
| the 73rd and 74th Legislatures; she retired in 1995; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Gerhardt was possessed of a strong work ethic, | ||
| courage, and grace, qualities that she instilled in her children by | ||
| example; through the years, she was fortunate to receive the | ||
| support and affection of a wide circle of loved ones, including | ||
| lifelong friends and extended family with whom she shared many | ||
| memorable gatherings; she was enthusiastic about politics, as well | ||
| as University of Texas sports, and delighted others with her keen, | ||
| often droll, sense of humor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Those who were privileged to know Cynthia Gerhardt | ||
| will forever treasure their memories of time spent in her company, | ||
| and the devotion and strength of spirit with which she lived will | ||
| remain a source of inspiration for years to come; now, therefore, be | ||
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| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Cynthia Lee Baum Gerhardt and extend sincere sympathy to the | ||
| members of her family: to her daughters, Suzanne "Suzy" Gerhardt | ||
| Ranney and her husband, Jack, and Sharon Gerhardt; to her | ||
| grandchildren, Carleton and Virginia Ranney; to her brother, Dr. | ||
| Alan C. Baum; to her nephew and niece, Alan Baum, Jr., and Caroline | ||
| Baum; to her longtime friends, Julie Whitworth Moore, Betty Murray, | ||
| MariBen Ramsey, and Marilyn Sandhop; 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 Cynthia Lee | ||
| Baum Gerhardt. | ||
| Thompson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 184 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on June 25, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
