TITLE: In memory of Lois Mae Haynes of Waco.

SUMMARY: In memory of Lois Mae Haynes of Waco.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Lois Mae Haynes of Waco, who passed away on February 26, 2011, at the age of 87; and WHEREAS, Born in Minneapolis on July 27, 1923, to Clifford and Lottie Neff, the former Lois Neff graduated as salutatorian from her high school in 1941; she enrolled at the University of Minnesota to study mathematics, but interrupted her formal education during World War II to become a Curtiss-Wright Cadette; receiving training at Purdue University, she then went to work at the Curtiss-Wright plant in Columbus, Ohio, to serve as an aeronautical engineering aide in the development of a dive bomber; and WHEREAS, After the war, she returned to the University of Minnesota to complete the requirements for a bachelor's degree in mathematics and to earn a master's degree in educational psychology in 1947; she taught high school math for six years and met her future husband, John Harrison Haynes, on an educator's tour of Europe in 1953; the couple married and moved to East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, where they raised two sons, Frederick and Robert; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Haynes shared 47 years with her husband until his passing in 2000, and during that time they traveled extensively, taking long family camping trips throughout the U.S. and Canada and photographing every county courthouse in the continental United States; the couple retired to Waco in 1983; a lifelong lover of books, Mrs. Haynes served as the librarian for the Providence Park collection in her retirement; she also enjoyed playing bridge and was an avid stamp collector who belonged to the Heart of Texas Stamp Club, the American Topical Association, and state and national philatelic societies; and WHEREAS, Lois Haynes lived a rich and purposeful life, and although her absence is keenly felt, she has left those who held her dear with a wealth of memories to forever treasure; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lois Mae Haynes and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her sons, Frederick Haynes and his wife, Patricia, and Robert Haynes and his wife, Marilyn; to her grandsons, Thomas, Stephen, and William; to her sister, Jeanne Snell; to her nieces, Susan, Kathryn, and Nancy; 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 House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Lois Mae Haynes. Anderson of McLennan Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1163 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on April 14, 2011. Chief Clerk of the House