TITLE: Honoring Lucille Rochs for her civic engagement and long-standing commitment to Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.

SUMMARY: Honoring Lucille Rochs for her civic engagement and long-standing commitment to Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Lucille Rochs is a beloved citizen of Fredericksburg who has earned the respect and admiration of all who know her for her many years of dedicated service to the Fredericksburg and Gillespie County communities; and WHEREAS, Born in Sabinal in 1915, Mrs. Rochs earned her bachelor's degree at Texas State University and her master's degree in education at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio; she went on to enjoy a teaching career in San Antonio, working in the Edgewood and Northside Independent School Districts and also served as a higher education instructor at San Antonio College and Sul Ross State University; and WHEREAS, On her retirement in the 1970s, Mrs. Rochs moved to Fredericksburg, where she immersed herself in a multitude of projects benefiting the community; she helped form the Gillespie County Child Welfare Board and the Hill Country Community Needs Council, and she has worked tirelessly through the years to raise money for the Something From the Heart campaign that benefits the Needs Council; in addition, she became the first female chair of the Hill Country Memorial Hospital Board and served the board for a total of 18 years; and WHEREAS, At age 76, this dynamic woman won election to the first of her two consecutive four-year terms on the city council; she has continued to be a force in civic affairs, and her contributions include helping the Hill Country University Center, an institution founded in 2002, to build key academic partnerships with Texas Tech University and Austin Community College; more recently, she has served as the treasurer for the foundation benefiting the Golden Hub Senior Center, which she played a role in establishing some three decades ago; and WHEREAS, Her passion, tenacity, and commitment to serving her fellow residents have made Lucille Rochs an inspiration to all who know her, and she may indeed reflect with pride on the many ways she has enhanced the quality of life in the area she calls home; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Lucille Rochs for her civic engagement and her long-standing dedication to Fredericksburg and Gillespie County and extend to her warmest best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mrs. Rochs as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Miller of Comal Straus Gonz lez Paddie Allen Guerra Parker Alonzo Guillen Paul Alvarado Gutierrez Pe a Anchia Harless Phelan Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phillips Anderson of McLennan Herrero Pickett Ashby Howard Price Aycock Huberty Raney Bell Hughes Raymond Bernal Hunter Reynolds Blanco Isaac Riddle Bohac Israel Rinaldi Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Keffer Romero, Jr. Burns Keough Rose Burrows King of Hemphill Sanford Button King of Parker Schaefer Canales King of Taylor Schofield Capriglione King of Uvalde Schubert Clardy Klick Shaheen Coleman Koop Sheets Collier Krause Sheffield Cook Kuempel Simmons Craddick Landgraf Simpson Crownover Larson Smith Cyrier Laubenberg Smithee Dale Leach Spitzer Darby Longoria Springer Davis of Dallas Lozano Stephenson Davis of Harris Lucio III Stickland Deshotel M rquez Thompson of Brazoria Dukes Martinez Thompson of Harris Dutton Martinez Fischer Tinderholt Elkins McClendon Turner of Collin Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Harris Fallon Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farias Miles VanDeaver Farney Miller of Comal Villalba Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Vo Fletcher Moody Walle Flynn Morrison White of Bell Frank Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Frullo Murphy Workman Galindo Murr Wray Geren Naishtat Wu Giddings Nev rez Zedler Goldman Oliveira Zerwas Gonzales Otto Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1849 was adopted by the House on April 22, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House