Bill Text: TX SR15 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Sister Martin Joseph Jones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-06 - Reported enrolled [SR15 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR15-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Martin Joseph Jones | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Sister Martin Joseph Jones, who died | ||
April 29, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1923, Martin | ||
Joseph Jones grew up in Houston and graduated from John H. Reagan | ||
High School in 1941; in 1943, she entered the Sisters of Saint | ||
Mary of Namur, and she pronounced her vows in 1952; and | ||
WHEREAS, This remarkable woman dedicated 70 years of her | ||
life to the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur and was highly esteemed | ||
as an educator, archivist, and librarian; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sister Martin received a bachelor's degree from | ||
Our Lady of Victory College in Fort Worth and taught at parochial | ||
schools until she was asked to prepare for a new stage in her | ||
career of service; and | ||
WHEREAS, She earned a master's degree in library science | ||
from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in | ||
1956 in order to become the first librarian at the University of | ||
Dallas, where she served for six years; she then established the | ||
library at Nolan High School and served there for seven years; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, She taught for a year in Kenmore, New York, and | ||
then returned to her work as a librarian; she worked in the | ||
library of the State University of New York at Buffalo for more | ||
than 26 years and served there as head of archives, Special | ||
Collections, for two decades; during this time, she also helped | ||
to organize the archives for the Sisters of Saint Mary Generalate | ||
in Namur, Belgium, and for the Buffalo Diocese; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sister Martin was a warm and caring person whose | ||
outgoing nature and enthusiasm for life were inspiring; during | ||
her 70-year career, her love for knowledge and her commitment to | ||
her faith had a profound impact on all those who encountered her; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life | ||
of Sister Martin Joseph Jones; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her loved ones as an expression of deepest sympathy from the | ||
Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so | ||
in memory of Sister Martin Joseph Jones. | ||
Davis | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 6, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |