Bill Text: TX HR6 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Kenneth Arlan Bostrom and Mary Elizabeth Bostrom.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-07 - Reported enrolled [HR6 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR6-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 6 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their | ||
| memories of Kenneth Arlan Bostrom, who passed away on August 21, | ||
| 2021, at the age of 72, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bostrom, who | ||
| passed away on August 24, 2021, at the age of 72; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Montevideo, Minnesota, Ken Bostrom was | ||
| born on July 21, 1949, to John and Nelinda Bostrom, and he grew up | ||
| with the companionship of six siblings, Cindy, Joy, Linda, Mary | ||
| Ann, Darrell, and Larrie; after graduating from Montevideo High | ||
| School in 1967, he served in the U.S. Navy; he was later employed by | ||
| the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association for more than a | ||
| decade, and during his tenure, he worked in radio broadcasting as a | ||
| DJ; he went on to host his own TV program in Aberdeen, South Dakota, | ||
| before embarking on a 29-year career as a state licensed consultant | ||
| at Brown Hearing Centers in Orange, Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The former Mary Brown was born in Balaton, | ||
| Minnesota, on July 11, 1949, to Charles and Elnora Brown, and she | ||
| grew up with five siblings, Betty, E. Anne, Corinne, Charlene, and | ||
| Charles; a 1967 graduate of Echo High School, she worked in home | ||
| daycare before joining Feinstein's department store; she | ||
| subsequently enjoyed a rewarding career in the banking industry, | ||
| and she later served as church administrator at Church of the Living | ||
| God in Galveston; over the years, she studied at the American | ||
| Bankers Association, and she earned a certificate from Rhema | ||
| Correspondence Bible School; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Bostrom shared a loving marriage that | ||
| spanned more than five decades, and together they answered the call | ||
| to the ministry; they graduated from Wisdom Bible Institute in | ||
| 1994, Mr. Bostrom as valedictorian, and Mrs. Bostrom went on to | ||
| become an instructor for the school; they were later ordained | ||
| through World Ministry Fellowship, where Mr. Bostrom served as | ||
| board chair and Texas Gulf Coast state director for over a decade; | ||
| in addition, they founded Ken Bostrom Ministries in 2000, and they | ||
| both earned doctor of ministry degrees in theology from the College | ||
| for Global Deployment; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to their family, Mr. and | ||
| Mrs. Bostrom were the parents of three children, Shannon, Jennifer, | ||
| and the late Jyl Grey Anderson, and they were further blessed with | ||
| six grandchildren, McKinley, Delaney, Kennedy, Jacob, Maxwell, and | ||
| Samantha; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through their commitment to their faith and to their | ||
| loved ones, Ken and Mary Bostrom touched the lives of countless | ||
| people during their time on this earth, and they will long be | ||
| remembered with admiration and affection by all those who held them | ||
| dear; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Kenneth and Mary Bostrom and extend heartfelt sympathy to their | ||
| relatives and many friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for their family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ken and | ||
| Mary Bostrom. | ||
| Middleton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 6 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on September 30, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
