Bill Text: TX HR2325 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Angelita Gutierrez Cruz of Corpus Christi.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2325 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2325-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2325 |
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WHEREAS, Angelita Gutierrez Cruz of Corpus Christi passed | ||
away on May 1, 2023, at the age of 101, drawing to a close a long and | ||
purposeful life devoted to her family, her faith, and her | ||
community; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former Angelita Gutierrez was born at the King | ||
Ranch on September 17, 1921, to Cecilio Gutierrez II and Francisca | ||
Aranda Gutierrez, and she grew up with the companionship of six | ||
siblings, Concepcion, Alejandro, Emilio, Enrique, Adolfo, and | ||
Arturo; during her youth, her family moved to Corpus Christi, where | ||
she attended Cheston Heath Elementary School; and | ||
WHEREAS, Distinguishing herself as a professional | ||
seamstress, Mrs. Cruz made a range of attire, including women's | ||
clothing and wedding dresses; she also worked as a teacher's | ||
assistant for sewing classes at Del Mar College, and she turned in | ||
first-place and second-place showings in a quilt-making | ||
competition at a Corpus Christi fair; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Cruz enjoyed the love and | ||
support of her husband, Mariano G. Cruz, with whom she shared a | ||
rewarding marriage that spanned more than seven decades before his | ||
passing; she was the devoted mother of 4 children, Frances, | ||
Mariano, David, and the late Janie Vega, and over the years, she | ||
experienced the joy of welcoming 7 grandchildren and 14 | ||
great-grandchildren into her treasured family; she pursued her | ||
passions for music, dancing, and swimming in her leisure time, and | ||
she also enjoyed keeping up with local and world events; a lifelong | ||
Catholic and a woman of strong faith, she was an active member of | ||
the Schoenstatt Movement; and | ||
WHEREAS, Admired and cherished for her unfailing optimism and | ||
her zest for life, Angelita Cruz brightened the world for all who | ||
knew her, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Angelita Gutierrez | ||
Cruz and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to | ||
her daughter, Frances Barrera; to her sons, Mariano Cruz Jr. and | ||
David Cruz; to her grandchildren, Javier Vega, Jaime Vega, Sergio | ||
Barrera, Steve Barrera, Gerianne Freeman, Eartha Cruz, and Martin | ||
Galicia; to her great-grandchildren; 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 Angelita | ||
Cruz. | ||
Herrero | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2325 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 29, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||