Bill Text: TX SR33 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 33 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: In memory of Angela Gerusa Leal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-14 - Reported enrolled [SR33 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SR33-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 33


	In Memory
	of
	Angela Gerusa Leal

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
	commemorates the life of longtime educator Angela Gerusa Leal,
	who died June 6, 2011, at the age of 88; and
	WHEREAS, Angela was born on January 5, 1923, to Judge Joe
	E. and Rosa Weaver Gerusa; her father, a successful farmer and
	justice of the peace in Los Indios, provided generously for his
	family, and her young life was good; and
	WHEREAS, Things changed dramatically when Angela was 10
	years old and her mother was diagnosed with a serious illness;
	her father made the difficult decision to put his four daughters
	in a private school, the Methodist School for Girls in Pharr; it
	was a traumatic experience for the young girl, who had always
	been surrounded by her loving family, but it helped her develop
	the self-confidence and determination that stayed with her all of
	her life; and
	WHEREAS, After her mother recovered, Angela returned to
	Los Indios; she briefly attended San Benito High School and
	graduated from Weslaco High School, where she and her sister were
	the first Mexican American members of the Weslaco Marching Band;
	and
	WHEREAS, She was married to Edio Leal in 1942 shortly
	before he went off to serve in the military during World War II;
	while he was away, Angela attended Texas Southmost College in
	Brownsville and majored in education; because of the shortage of
	teachers during the war, she was asked to teach in a one-room
	schoolhouse and, at the age of 19, she began her teaching career
	with students ranging in age from six to 19; and
	WHEREAS, After her husband's return from the war, the
	couple built a home, and they had three children; Angela
	continued to teach and to pursue her education; after more than a
	decade of teaching in the one-room schoolhouse, she was offered
	the job as principal of Los Indios Elementary School and became
	the first Mexican American woman principal in the San Benito
	public schools; she received her bachelor's degree in education
	from Pan American University and her master's degree from Texas
	A&I University in Kingsville, and she retired in 1986 after
	having dedicated 43 years of her life to the field of education;
	and
	WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Angela Leal had times of
	prosperity and periods of adversity, but she always persevered;
	she devoted years of service to the San Benito School District
	because of her desire to see San Benito's children succeed at
	every level in life, and she served as an exemplary role model to
	generations of students in whom she nurtured a sense of
	confidence, self-reliance, and determination and a lifelong love
	of learning; and
	WHEREAS, In January of this year, the board of trustees of
	the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District voted to
	name its new elementary school on Farm to Market Road 732 the
	Angela G. Leal Elementary School in her honor; and
	WHEREAS, Angela Leal was devoted to her family, and she was
	deeply admired throughout the community; she leaves behind
	memories that will be cherished forever by all those whose lives
	she touched; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life
	of Angela G. Leal and extend sincere condolences to her bereaved
	family; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for

	and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of
	Angela G. Leal.

	Lucio



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on June 14, 2011, by a
		rising vote.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate