Bill Text: TX HR1985 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dorothy Bettencourt of Houston.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1985 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1985-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1985 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Dorothy Jean Bettencourt of Houston on February 20, | ||
| 2012, at the age of 83; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Houston on January 8, 1929, the former | ||
| Dorothy Fisk was the daughter of Marcus Henry Fisk and Mary Lucye | ||
| Fisk; her ancestors included two Mayflower passengers and an early | ||
| Texas colonist, Joses Hobdy, who fought for independence from | ||
| Mexico; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She graduated from John H. Reagan High School, where | ||
| she was a member of the Reagan RedCoats drill team; during World War | ||
| II, when a car with sufficient gas could be found, she drove around | ||
| with her friends and her adventurous grandmother, Carrie, looking | ||
| for leg makeup to simulate war-rationed nylon stockings; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bettencourt worked for the Tennessee Gas | ||
| Transmission Company before her marriage to Henry "Hank" | ||
| Bettencourt, Jr., in 1955; she became the mother of two sons, Mark | ||
| and Paul, and made a loving home for her family in a succession of | ||
| cities, including Los Angeles and San Marino, California, Cherry | ||
| Hill, New Jersey, and New Orleans, Louisiana; after Mr. Bettencourt | ||
| retired from the Shell Oil Company, they returned to Houston, and | ||
| Mrs. Bettencourt enjoyed working for several years as a real estate | ||
| agent for Coldwell Banker; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1991, Mr. Bettencourt passed away; Mrs. | ||
| Bettencourt maintained her friendships with friends from Shell and | ||
| attended many gatherings of the Shell Retirees; fortunate enough to | ||
| find love a second time, she married Eugene Clay in 1999 and they | ||
| shared six years together before his death in 2005; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The proud grandmother of three, Mrs. Bettencourt | ||
| took her family on wonderful vacations and had grand times in New | ||
| Orleans; she liked playing video poker, gin rummy, solitaire, and | ||
| bridge, and she was always certain the next hand would be "a | ||
| barnburner"; in addition to reading several books a week, she | ||
| followed politics, and she relished a witty one-liner; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Those privileged to have known Dorothy Bettencourt | ||
| will long remember her warm and endearing ways, and she will forever | ||
| hold a treasured place in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dorothy Jean | ||
| Bettencourt and extend sincere condolences to the members of her | ||
| family: to her sons, Mark H. Bettencourt and his wife, Sara, and | ||
| Paul Bettencourt and his wife, Susan; to her grandchildren, | ||
| Christina, Henry, and Michael Bettencourt; and to her other | ||
| relatives and many 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 Dorothy | ||
| Bettencourt. | ||
| Bohac | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1985 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 17, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
