Bill Text: TX SR270 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Beatrice Theresa Gonzalez Aleman of San Antonio.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-15 - Reported enrolled [SR270 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR270-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Beatrice Theresa Gonzalez Aleman | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
| citizens of San Antonio in mourning the loss of Beatrice Theresa | ||
| Gonzalez Aleman, who died February 5, 2011; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Beatrice Gonzalez, "Bea," as her family and | ||
| friends knew her, was born December 6, 1943, to Jose and Amelia | ||
| Gonzalez; she moved with her family to a small house on Saint | ||
| Francis Street in San Antonio's South Side in 1955; with her | ||
| brothers and sisters, she attended Saint Philip of Jesus School; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, On her first day of the seventh grade, she met | ||
| Joseph Lawrence Aleman; they became friends, fell in love, and | ||
| ultimately married 14 years later in Saint Philip Church; the | ||
| devoted couple raised four children together and were married for | ||
| 41 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bea graduated from Incarnate Word High School and | ||
| earned a bachelor's degree from Incarnate Word College; she | ||
| earned two master's degrees in education and administration but | ||
| stopped working on a doctoral degree to focus more on her growing | ||
| family; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The family moved to South Bend, Indiana, where | ||
| Lawrence pursued his master's degree in business administration | ||
| at the University of Notre Dame; there, Bea and her whole family | ||
| went through a transformation in the diverse community and their | ||
| faith grew deeper; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bea had a passion for education and a strong | ||
| belief in its benefits; during her forty years as a teacher and | ||
| principal, she oversaw the education of thousands of children in | ||
| Catholic and public schools in San Antonio, Houston, and South | ||
| Bend, and she worked tirelessly so that her students might reach | ||
| their full potential; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bea was also passionate about her faith and her | ||
| devotion to the church; her services to the church included | ||
| teaching religious education, leading marriage encounters, | ||
| helping at fundraisers, and leading a children's choir; she and | ||
| her husband ensured that their own children attended Catholic | ||
| high schools and went on to prestigious universities for higher | ||
| education; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Beatrice Aleman was a devoted wife, mother, and | ||
| grandmother; she was a courageous woman who leaves behind | ||
| memories that will be treasured forever by her family, her many | ||
| friends, and the many young people whose lives she touched while | ||
| she was a teacher; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
| Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
| family of Beatrice Theresa Gonzalez Aleman: her husband, | ||
| Lawrence; her children, Joseph Lawrence Aleman, Jr., Thomas | ||
| Aleman, Theresa Aleman Anderson, and Stephen Aleman; her 11 | ||
| grandchildren; and her brothers and sisters; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
| Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
| memory of Beatrice Aleman. | ||
| Van de Putte | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 15, 2011, | ||
| by a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
