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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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death of Louise W. Ware of Bellaire on April 24, 2015, at the age of |
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87; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Louise Wilson was born in Lubbock on July |
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30, 1927, to Vaughn and Mary Wilson; she learned about public |
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service at an early age from her father, who was a city attorney for |
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Lubbock and later an attorney for the Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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raised in Lubbock, Mrs. Ware finished high school in Austin and |
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entered The University of Texas at the age of 16; she earned a |
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bachelor's degree in medical technology in 1948; and |
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WHEREAS, During her college years, she met her future |
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husband, Henry Ware, a veteran of World War II who had piloted a |
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B-17 bomber and spent time in a German prisoner of war camp; they |
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were married in Houston in 1949 and shared 58 rewarding years |
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together; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ware was employed in a hospital laboratory |
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until 1953, when she and her husband moved to Bellaire, where she |
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devoted herself to raising their four children, Cyndy, Hank, Pam, |
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and Amos; she worked with the Houston Speech and Hearing Center |
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Auxiliary, and she served as a member of the PTA and the San Jacinto |
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Girl Scout board, as a Girl Scout leader to two troops and den |
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mother to two Boy Scout dens, and as a baseball coach and a |
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swimming, canoeing, first aid, and sailing instructor; she enjoyed |
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playing bridge and arranging dinner parties, and she was always |
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sewing, crocheting, or knitting something for her family; and |
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WHEREAS, When her children were older, Mrs. Ware took an |
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active interest in civic affairs, and she served on the Bellaire |
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City Council for four years; in 1978, she became the first woman in |
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the city's history to be elected mayor; she also devoted a great |
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deal of time and energy to the Metro Board, the Bellaire |
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Bicentennial Commission, the Texas Municipal League, the Bellaire |
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Historical Society, the American Heart Association, the Friends of |
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the Bellaire Library, the West University Republican Women's Club, |
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the Houston Transit Forum, the Harris County Historical Commission, |
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and many other civic organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ware's numerous awards included the Girl Scout |
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Thanks Badge, the Chamber of Commerce "Mr. Bellaire" Award, the |
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"Something Special Award," and lifetime membership in the Chamber |
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of Commerce; the Bellaire Metro Transit Center was named in her |
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honor, and a small park near her home was named the Ware Family |
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Park; and |
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WHEREAS, Known affectionately as "Looie" to her friends and |
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as "Meema" to her eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, |
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this dynamic woman dedicated her boundless energy to caring for her |
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family and her community, and she leaves behind a legacy of civic |
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engagement and service to others that will continue to inspire all |
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those who knew and loved her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Louise W. Ware and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Cyndy Paré and her husband, Jimmy, Hank Ware and his wife, |
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Linda, Pam Emerson and her husband, Chuck, and Amos Ware and his |
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wife, Marta; to her grandchildren, George Crawford, Bobby Crawford |
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and his partner, Shannon Gonzalez, Andrew and Emily Paré, Molly and |
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Shane Ware, Mary Emerson, and Anne Emerson-Gutierrez and her |
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husband, Daniel; to her great-grandchildren, Cheryl Bontje, |
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Jessica Kaluza, Jimmy Crawford, Rilyn Paré, and Arianna Kaluza; to |
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her brother, Vaughn Edgar Wilson II, and his wife, Pat; to her |
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sister-in-law, Barbara C. Wilson; to her brother-in-law, Stephen |
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Ware, and his wife, Jean; to her niece, Patti Richards, and her |
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husband, Tom Hogle; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Louise |
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Ware. |