Bill Text: TX SR34 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-23 - Reported enrolled [SR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR34-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
| commemorates the life of Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler, who died | ||
| January 9, 2017, at the age of 95; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bette-Jo Simpson was born on May 2, 1921, in | ||
| Olympia, Washington, to Blanche Taylor and Jess Ray Simpson; she | ||
| graduated from the Annie Wright School in Tacoma and from the | ||
| University of Washington; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She married the late Frank Sibley Buhler Jr. on | ||
| July 7, 1942, and the couple moved to Victoria, Texas, in 1948; | ||
| she was blessed with five children, 13 grandchildren, and 17 | ||
| great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Buhler played a major role in building the | ||
| Republican Party in Texas; she was instrumental in helping John | ||
| Tower become the first Republican from Texas to be elected a | ||
| United States senator, and she was a founding member of the | ||
| Associated Republicans of Texas; she served as cochair of the | ||
| Texas Republican Party and was named the 2001 Republican of the | ||
| Year by the National Republican Congressional Committee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She was also active in a wide range of community | ||
| and philanthropic organizations; she was a sustaining member of | ||
| the Victoria Junior League, and she helped establish Trinity | ||
| Episcopal School and served as chair of the board of the Victoria | ||
| Youth Activity Committee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She helped to organize the Gulf Bend Center and | ||
| was actively involved with the Victoria Symphony, the Lionel | ||
| Hampton International Jazz Festival, and the Texas State | ||
| University System Foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and compassion, she | ||
| gave unselfishly to others, and her generous spirit, her wise | ||
| counsel, and her enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest | ||
| will not be forgotten; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, | ||
| and she leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by | ||
| her family and many friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
| family of Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler; 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 Bette-Jo Simpson Buhler. | ||
| Kolkhorst | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 23, 2017, by | ||
| a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
