Bill Text: TX HR661 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Josephine Elaine Woolsey Talarski of San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-30 - Reported enrolled [HR661 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR661-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 661 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to | ||
| a close with the passing of Josephine Elaine Woolsey Talarski of San | ||
| Antonio on February 22, 2023, at the age of 87; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Hugh and Josephine Woolsey, Elaine | ||
| Talarski was born in Goff, Kansas, on February 2, 1936; she | ||
| completed her bachelor's degree in public health nursing at | ||
| Marquette University and went on to earn master's degrees in | ||
| business management from Webster University and in political | ||
| science from St. Mary's University; at the age of 77, she received a | ||
| Ph.D. in international education and entrepreneurship from the | ||
| University of the Incarnate Word; Ms. Talarski began her career as | ||
| a school nurse and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force; over the | ||
| course of two decades, she cared for patients at assignments all | ||
| over the world, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Talarski became an adjunct professor of | ||
| political science at St. Mary's University, The University of Texas | ||
| at San Antonio, and St. Philip's College; during her doctoral | ||
| studies, she traveled to rural Zambia, Tanzania, and Peru to teach | ||
| nutrition, assess public health issues, and assist in business | ||
| development; she was a longtime volunteer with the Women's Global | ||
| Connection at UIW; deeply committed to her community, she served on | ||
| the boards of the League of Women Voters, Alzheimer's Association, | ||
| and the Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society; she was also a member of the | ||
| Bexar Senior Advisory Committee for the Alamo Area Council of | ||
| Governments; moreover, she was an ardent supporter of the arts and | ||
| especially loved the works of her close friend, painter Brother | ||
| Cletus Behlmann; her kind and thoughtful ways endeared her to | ||
| friends all around the world; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although the death of Elaine Talarski has brought | ||
| great sorrow to those who loved her, her life was an inspiring | ||
| example of the good that one person can accomplish; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Josephine Elaine | ||
| Woolsey Talarski and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her | ||
| family: to her brother, Dave Woolsey; to her sister-in-law, Lexus | ||
| Woolsey; to her cousin, Anita Alton; to her nieces, Linda Norman and | ||
| Nancy Nelson; and to her many 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 Elaine | ||
| Talarski. | ||
| Lopez of Bexar | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 661 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 30, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
