Bill Text: TX HR6 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Kenneth Arlan Bostrom and Mary Elizabeth Bostrom.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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 | ||