Texas SR 590: Recognizing North Shore Senior High School for its performance in parliamentary procedure competitions.

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89(R) SR 590 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  

   

 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 590

  

  

   

 In Memory

   

 of

   

 Janis Stanwood Meinscher

  

   

        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and 

  

 commemorates the life of Janis Stanwood Meinscher, a beloved 

  

 member of the Capitol community, who died on August 15, 2024, at 

  

 the age of 72; and

  

        WHEREAS, Jan Stanwood was born on March 10, 1952, to Joseph 

  

 Stanwood and Gladys Coleman Stanwood; she possessed a feisty 

  

 courage and strong sense of adventure from an early age, and 

  

 after completing high school she enrolled at Texas State 

  

 University; and

  

        WHEREAS, Mrs. Meinscher's noteworthy career at the State 

  

 Capitol spanned more than three decades, and her valuable service 

  

 in both chambers included serving the offices of Senator Kent 

  

 Caperton, the Senate Journal, Senate Parliamentarian Walter 

  

 Fisher, and House Parliamentarians Denise Davis and Chris 

  

 Griesel; a devotee of the legislative process, she dedicated her 

  

 considerable energies to keeping things running smoothly; during 

  

 regular and special sessions, her responsibilities required many 

  

 arduous late nights, but she always returned early the next 

  

 morning to start her day with a speed walk through the Capitol 

  

 Extension; and

  

        WHEREAS, Jan's engaging smile and her wisecracks helped 

  

 lighten the load for her colleagues, and she was a mentor to 

  

 countless staffers and a friend and confidant to many 

  

 legislators; above all, she adored her family, and she shared a 

  

 rewarding marriage with her late husband, Denis, and took great 

  

 pride in her daughter, her stepdaughter, and her grandchildren; 

  

 now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th 

  

 Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Janis Stanwood 

  

 Meinscher and extend sincere condolences to her family:  to her 

  

 daughter, Emily Edington; to her stepdaughter, Heather O'Brien, 

  

 and her husband, Steve; to her grandchildren, Shelbi Malatin, 

  

 Aubrey Edington Jones, and Austin Edington Jones; to her brother, 

  

 Danny Stanwood, and his wife, Missy; and to her many friends and 

  

 relatives; 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 Jan Meinscher.

  

  

 Zaffirini, Schwertner

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
     President of the Senate

  

  
  

  

  
     I hereby certify that the 

  

  
 above Resolution was adopted by 

  

  
 the Senate on May 31, 2025, by a 

  

  
 rising vote.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
     Secretary of the Senate

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
      Member, Texas Senate

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
      Member, Texas Senate