Bill Text: TX SR4 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Ellen Grace Fuhrman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-09 - Reported enrolled [SR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR4-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Gracie Fuhrman | ||
| WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with | ||
| the passing of Ellen Grace Fuhrman of Muenster on | ||
| August 19, 2023, at the age of 89; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Martin J. Friske and Martha Luke | ||
| Friske, the former Gracie Friske was born in Muenster on | ||
| October 26, 1933; she grew up with four siblings, Jere, Myrtle, | ||
| Antonia Mae, and Joan, on a farm west of town owned by her | ||
| grandfather, August Friske; after her graduation from Sacred | ||
| Heart School, the family moved to a farm north of Lindsay, and | ||
| she worked at S. H. Kress, Sears Roebuck & Company, and Tractor | ||
| Sales & Service; she met her future husband, Alvin Fuhrman, | ||
| when they both went to town to sell eggs; they married on | ||
| October 20, 1953, and settled on North Cedar Street in | ||
| Muenster, where they resided for the next 69 years; devoted | ||
| parents, they raised two sons, Kent and Gene; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Fuhrman became a part-time evening | ||
| operator with Muenster Telephone in 1955, and six years later, | ||
| she and her husband purchased an interest in the company; she | ||
| became secretary/treasurer and subsequently took on such roles | ||
| as bookkeeper, director of administration, and member of the | ||
| board; for many years, she mentored employees as office | ||
| manager and head of human resources; during over six decades in | ||
| the industry, she served on the board of the Independent | ||
| Telephone Pioneer Association, and she benefited the | ||
| Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small | ||
| Telecommunications Companies as a member of the convention | ||
| site selection committee from 1997 to 2005; the Texas | ||
| Telephone Association accorded her its highest honor, the | ||
| Neville Haynes Award, in 2009; she and her husband enjoyed | ||
| visiting industry friends across the country on their | ||
| vacations; the couple also traveled the world together; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Even as a young mother helping to build a | ||
| business, Mrs. Fuhrman was active in her community; she was a | ||
| room mother for her sons at Sacred Heart School and became the | ||
| school's first female board president; moreover, she was a Cub | ||
| Scout den mother; she gave generously of her time and talents to | ||
| such organizations as the Muenster Garden Club, the Catholic | ||
| Daughters of the Americas, and planning committees for the city's | ||
| Germanfest; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although Gracie Fuhrman is greatly missed, she | ||
| has left her family and friends with a host of cherished | ||
| memories, and she will forever hold a special place in their | ||
| hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life | ||
| of Ellen Grace Fuhrman and extend sincere sympathy to the members | ||
| of her family: to her husband of 69 years, Alvin M. Fuhrman; to | ||
| her son, Kent Fuhrman; to her daughter-in-law, Kaylynn Fuhrman; | ||
| to her grandson, Conner Fuhrman; to her brothers-in-law, Ray Lueb | ||
| and Bernard Sandmann; and to her 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 Senate adjourns | ||
| this day, it do so in memory of Ellen Grace "Gracie" Fuhrman. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on October 9, 2023, by | ||
| a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
