[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF DOROTHY GERALDINE NOAK ROTHERMEL

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 21, 2019

  Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember Dorothy Geraldine 
Noak Rothermel who passed away on March 1, 2019 in Pasadena, Texas.
  Dorothy Geraldine Noak Rothermel was born December 20, 1929 in 
Carmine, Texas to Herbert and Clara Keng Noak. Dorothy graduated from 
Round Top-Carmine High School in 1947. On December 28th of that year, 
Dorothy married Thomas Hugh Rothermel of Burton, Texas.
  Ms. Rothermel attended Blinn College in Brenham; Southwest Texas 
State College in San Marcos; and graduated from the University of 
Houston in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Vocational Home 
Economics. She also did graduate work at the University of Houston and 
at the Sacred Heart Dominican College in Houston.
  Dorothy worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone in Houston and New 
Braunfels as a Switchboard Operator. In 1963, Dorothy started teaching 
at Pasadena High School. Her career at Pasadena High School spanned 
twenty-four years where she served as Department Chairman and a 
Classroom Teacher in the Vocational Homemaking Department. After 
retirement, she served as a substitute teacher at Round Top-Carmine 
High School for several years.
  Dorothy held memberships in the Texas State Teachers Association, 
Vocational Homemaking Teachers of Texas, Texas Retired Teachers 
Association as a Life Member, Washington County Genealogical Society, 
the German-Texas Heritage Society, Brenham Area Retired School 
Personnel Association, and the Texas Wendish Heritage Society.
  Ms. Rothermel loved to research and write articles on the family 
history of the Noak, Keng, Hinze, Rothermel and Vogelsang families. She 
served on various committees helping to further her interest in 
genealogy, including the Fayette County History Book and the 100th 
Anniversary History Book of Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine.
  In retirement, Dorothy served as a member of Martin Luther Lutheran 
Church, President of the Ladies Aid, Secretary for the Church Council, 
and Secretary of the General Board for the Women of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church in America (WCLA).
  Dorothy is survived by her Daughters: Connie Sue Rothermel Bird and 
husband, Marshall, of Splendora, and Pamela Rothermel Guthrie and 
husband, James, of Pasadena; Granddaughters: Rachel Diana Bird 
Poffinbarger and husband, James, of Splendora, Johanna Ruth Bird, of 
Houston, and Moriah Ashlee Guthrie, of Pasadena; and Great-
Granddaughters: Camille Poffinbarger, Corinne Poffinbarger, and Cristin 
Poffinbarger, all of Splendora.
  Madam Speaker, it is my honor to remember the life of Dorothy 
Geraldine Noak Rothermel. May God comfort her family at this time.

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