Texas HR 450: Commending Heather Nesmith for serving on the Tioga City Council.

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89(R) HR 450 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 450

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the 

  

 passing of Princella Jewel Vogel of Houston on July 9, 2024; and

  

        WHEREAS, The daughter of Leo Chester McNeal and Jewel Agnes 

  

 Jenkins McNeal, the former Princella McNeal was born in McAllen on 

  

 October 13, and she grew up with the companionship of two sisters, 

  

 Hermenia and Lucy; she shared a fulfilling marriage with her 

  

 husband, Peter Olaf Vogel, that spanned more than two and a half 

  

 decades before his passing in 2004, and she took great pride in her 

  

 three children, Darryl, Peter, and Anneliese; over the years, she 

  

 had the pleasure of seeing her family grow to include six 

  

 grandchildren, Geneva, Peter, Colin, Miles, Eleanor, and Harper; 

  

 and

  

        WHEREAS, Mrs. Vogel enjoyed a rewarding career at the United 

  

 States Postal Service, and she was a cofounder of Post Office Women 

  

 for Equal Rights, an organization dedicated to promoting equality 

  

 in the workplace; she was elected coordinator for the Southern 

  

 Region of POWER in 1981, and she chaired the Rank and File Advisory 

  

 Bargaining Committee, which negotiated contracts for postal 

  

 workers; she further distinguished herself as president of the 

  

 Houston Area Local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union, 

  

 and she served as an officer for the national organization; among 

  

 her many achievements, she received the APWU's Crystal Flame Award; 

  

 a woman of deep faith, she was a member of the Catholic Daughters of 

  

 the Americas and St. Ambrose Catholic Church; and

  

        WHEREAS, Admired for her generosity, strength of character, 

  

 and devotion to her family, Princella Vogel lived a caring and 

  

 purposeful life, and she leaves behind a record of service that her 

  

 loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Princella Jewel 

  

 Vogel and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn her passing; 

  

 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 Princella 

   

 Vogel.

  

   

 Thompson

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I certify that H.R. No. 450 was unanimously adopted by a 

   

 rising vote of the House on March 31, 2025.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House