Bill Text: TX HR2903 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dumas Independent School District Superintendent Mark Stroebel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2903 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR2903-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2903 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The citizens of Dumas lost an admired community | ||
| leader with the death of Mark Stroebel on May 13, 2014, at the age of | ||
| 56; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Lubbock on January 7, 1958, to Andrew | ||
| William and Catherine Dodd Stroebel, Mark Stroebel graduated from | ||
| Olton High School in 1976 and earned his bachelor's degree from | ||
| Texas Tech University in 1982; he went on to obtain a master's | ||
| degree in educational administration from West Texas State | ||
| University in 1988; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Stroebel began his career in public education as | ||
| a teacher and coach at Hart High School in 1981; he was promoted to | ||
| athletic director and assistant principal two years later and to | ||
| principal in 1988; in 1992, he transferred to Dumas Junior High | ||
| School, and during his 13-year tenure there, the school received a | ||
| 2000 National Blue Ribbon Schools award; in 2005, Mr. Stroebel was | ||
| appointed assistant superintendent of the Dumas Independent School | ||
| District and in 2011, he was named superintendent; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was also a member of the | ||
| Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce and the Dumas Noon Lions | ||
| Club, and he served on many councils at the First United Methodist | ||
| Church; in his leisure hours, he took pleasure in trout fishing in | ||
| the Red River; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Stroebel enjoyed the love | ||
| and support of his wife, Jo, with whom he shared nearly 33 years, | ||
| and he took great pride in their children, Brandon, Andrea, and | ||
| Shae; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mark Stroebel devoted more than three decades of his | ||
| life to educating young Texans, and he will be remembered with | ||
| admiration and affection by all who had the good fortune to know | ||
| him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mark Stroebel and | ||
| extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
| wife, Jo Stroebel; to his children, Brandon Stroebel and his wife, | ||
| Kaysha, Andrea Broxson and her husband, Chance, and Shae Stroebel; | ||
| to his parents, Andrew William and Catherine Stroebel; to his | ||
| brothers, Vance Stroebel and Stan Stroebel and his wife, Misty; to | ||
| his mother-in-law, Joan Adair; to his brother-in-law, Kerry Adair, | ||
| and his wife, Anita; to his nieces and nephews, Dillon, Aarika, | ||
| Kody, Kyle, Austin, Alex, and Kori; and to his other friends and | ||
| loved ones; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mark | ||
| Stroebel. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2903 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
