Bill Text: TX HR29 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dr. Alma Sánchez Pérez of San Angelo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR29 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR29-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 29 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
| passing of Dr. Alma Sánchez Pérez of San Angelo on September 11, | ||
| 2023, at the age of 78; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Sonora on January 8, 1945, the former Alma | ||
| Sánchez was the eldest child of Alfredo and Marcelina Sánchez; | ||
| after graduating from Sonora High School in 1963, she earned a | ||
| degree from Angelo State College in 1967; shortly thereafter, she | ||
| married Louis Pérez Jr. and moved to Lubbock to begin her career as | ||
| a teacher; the couple relocated to San Angelo in 1974, and they | ||
| shared in the joy of raising three children, Louie, Marisol, and | ||
| Stephanie; in her later years, she delighted in welcoming into her | ||
| family seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A lifelong activist, Dr. Pérez joined the American | ||
| GI Forum as a student and went on to become an active member of | ||
| LULAC; she taught naturalization and English classes to many in her | ||
| community, and she encouraged Mexican Americans to participate in | ||
| civic life and to exercise their right to vote; in addition, she | ||
| served as the director for the religious education program at | ||
| St. Joseph Catholic Church and volunteered her time on several | ||
| civic advisory boards in the San Angelo community; she and her | ||
| husband also had the distinction of being among the founding owners | ||
| of La Unica Broadcasting, which was established in 1985; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Pérez was a firm believer in education, which | ||
| led her to pursue and complete a Ph.D. at The University of Texas at | ||
| Austin in 2007, when she was 62 years old; her final teaching | ||
| position was a graduate distance learning course at the University | ||
| of Southern California, and she demonstrated her intellectual | ||
| curiosity as an avid reader until the date of her passing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Alma Sánchez Pérez inspired those around her | ||
| with her unwavering commitment to her ideals and her determination | ||
| to better the lives of others, and she leaves behind a legacy that | ||
| will forever be cherished by those she leaves behind; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Dr. Alma Sánchez Pérez and extend sincere sympathy to the | ||
| members of her family: to her children, Louie Pérez and his wife, | ||
| Amy, Marisol Pérez and her husband, David Armendáriz, and Stephanie | ||
| Minjarez and her husband, Jesse Rene; to her grandchildren, Jordan | ||
| Rene Minjarez and his wife, Yvonne, Joshua and Jonah Minjarez, | ||
| Karina and Andrew Pérez, and Xiména and Xótchitl Armendáriz; to her | ||
| great-grandchildren, Anali Montserrat and Amiyah Minjarez; and to | ||
| her other relatives and many dear friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Alma | ||
| Sánchez Pérez. | ||
| Darby | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 29 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on November 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
