Bill Text: TX SR577 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Thelma Ruth Zoch Schatte.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-15 - Reported enrolled [SR577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR577-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Thelma Ruth Zoch Schatte | ||
| WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Thelma Ruth Zoch Schatte of Giddings on January 25, | ||
| 2019, at the age of 90; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Northrup on December 7, 1928, to Gotthilf | ||
| Martin Zoch and Clara Alfrieda Boettcher, the former Thelma Zoch | ||
| grew up on a farm with 10 siblings, Ruth, Paul, Monroe, Alma, | ||
| Robert, Walter, Rudie, Edwin, Ludwig, and Otto, and she helped out | ||
| with the family's crops and livestock; she attended a nearby | ||
| Lutheran school before moving to Houston at the age of 14, where | ||
| she waitressed for a short time and then served as a governess; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She was joined in matrimony in 1947 to Louis | ||
| Theodore Schatte, with whom she shared a rewarding marriage that | ||
| spanned nearly six decades before Mr. Schatte's death in 2006; | ||
| Mrs. Schatte was a devoted mother to her nine children, Thomas, | ||
| Louis, David, Benjamin, Kenneth, Suzanna, Marlene, Sharon, and | ||
| Ronald, and with the passing years she had the pleasure of | ||
| welcoming into her family numerous grandchildren and | ||
| great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to raising her family, Mrs. Schatte | ||
| dedicated herself to tending the Schatte family farm near | ||
| Giddings, where she lived for 69 years and worked alongside her | ||
| husband to grow corn, maize, sugar cane, cotton, and peanuts; in | ||
| later years, the couple converted the farmland to Coastal Bermuda | ||
| meadows, raising Charolais and Black Angus cattle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A woman of deep faith, Mrs. Schatte was a longtime | ||
| congregant of Immanuel Lutheran and a member of the church choir; | ||
| in her leisure time, she took pleasure in working in her large | ||
| garden and orchard, where she grew vegetables and fruit trees and | ||
| canned hundreds of jars of pickles, beans, beets, peaches, and | ||
| pears every year; she enjoyed preparing signature dishes for her | ||
| loved ones, especially her homemade bread, Swedish tea ring, and | ||
| made-from-scratch cakes; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although Thelma Schatte is greatly missed, this | ||
| beloved woman has left her family and friends with many treasured | ||
| 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, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Thelma Ruth Zoch | ||
| Schatte and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her | ||
| passing; 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 Thelma Schatte. | ||
| Hughes, Kolkhorst | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 15, 2019, by a | ||
| rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
