Bill Text: TX SR104 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Delia Ellen Kerr Unger.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-30 - Reported enrolled [SR104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR104-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Delia Ellen Kerr Unger | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Fort Worth in mourning the loss of Delia Ellen Kerr | ||
Unger, who died July 7, 2013, at the age of 67; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ellen Kerr was born on May 8, 1946, in Oklahoma | ||
City, and she moved with her family to Fort Worth in 1952; she | ||
graduated from R. L. Paschal High School, and in 1968, she earned | ||
a degree from The University of Texas School of Nursing in | ||
Galveston; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ellen went on to spend her life helping people in | ||
various ways through her highly successful career in the field of | ||
health care and her volunteer work; she was a nurse, a massage | ||
therapist, and a cancer specialist; in 1994, she began her | ||
WHEREAS, She was dedicated to her work at the Kupferle | ||
Breast Center of Harris Hospital and the Lymphedema Clinic; in | ||
2008, she moved with her husband, Lee Unger, to El Paso to develop | ||
the Cancer Navigation Program for Sierra Providence Health | ||
Network; they returned to Fort Worth after her retirement in | ||
2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ellen gave selflessly of her time to others and | ||
was devoted to her family; she was a devout Christian and a member | ||
of Genesis United Methodist Church; she loved traveling and | ||
outdoor activities, especially hiking, fishing, camping, and | ||
bicycling with her husband; and | ||
WHEREAS, | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Delia Ellen Kerr Unger; | ||
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 Ellen Unger. | ||
Davis | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on July 30, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |