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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY CONNORS and HOLVECK
1 3 A Resolution paying tribute to the memory of Mrs. Billie
1 4 Jean Walling and recognizing her many contributions to
1 5 the Iowa House of Representatives.
1 6 WHEREAS, Billie Jean Walling was born in Osceola,
1 7 Iowa, where she spent her early childhood before
1 8 moving with her family to Des Moines; and
1 9 WHEREAS, her career as a bookkeeper first took her
1 10 to the State of Iowa as a Senate Payroll Clerk in
1 11 1963, and then to the House of Representatives as
1 12 Clerk to the Chief Clerk and Payroll Clerk in 1967,
1 13 becoming House Finance Clerk in 1971; and
1 14 WHEREAS, Billie was well known during her many
1 15 years of service for her competence in administering
1 16 the House Finance Office, meeting and often surpassing
1 17 the expectations of legislative leaders and the Chief
1 18 Clerk, overseeing the modernization and
1 19 computerization of the Office's functions, and making
1 20 certain that she correctly accounted for every penny
1 21 of the House's money; and
1 22 WHEREAS, her role as payroll clerk brought her out
1 23 of her "lofty" finance area and put her in contact
1 24 with all 100 House members and their clerks and made
1 25 her well known for her warm smile and cheerful voice
1 26 in delivering the paychecks to the members' desks; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Billie was considered a model employee and
1 28 a pillar of the House for her devotion to hard work,
1 29 her extensive knowledge of government finances, her
1 30 loyalty and integrity, and her caring attitude toward
2 1 her colleagues, for many of whom she served as a
2 2 mentor; and
2 3 WHEREAS, she performed her duties with great care
2 4 and attention to detail, with a positive attitude and
2 5 boundless dedication, and with a warm, wonderful, and
2 6 witty sense of humor; and
2 7 WHEREAS, Billie's personal life mirrored her
2 8 professional life in terms of devotion to her husband
2 9 Bill, her children, Will, Shari, and John, and her
2 10 grandchildren Andy and Carrie; and
2 11 WHEREAS, her leadership, knowledge, sensitivity,
2 12 and cooperative working style were invaluable to the
2 13 General Assembly as major legislative projects were
2 14 conceived, financed, and completed, and as the General
2 15 Assembly functioned as a separate but equal branch of
2 16 state government; and
2 17 WHEREAS, her unswerving loyalty to and faith in the
2 18 legislative branch over the many years of her service
2 19 to the General Assembly have benefited all Iowans; NOW
2 20 THEREFORE,
2 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 22 That the House of Representatives pay tribute to the
2 23 memory of Mrs. Billie Jean Walling, recognizing her
2 24 deep commitment and many contributions to the Iowa
2 25 House of Representatives, the Iowa General Assembly,
2 26 and the people of the State of Iowa, and recognizing
2 27 the many accomplishments in her life; and
2 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
2 29 House prepare official copies of this Resolution for
2 30 presentation to Billie's surviving husband, Bill
3 1 Walling, and to their family.
3 2 LSB 2031HH 77
3 3 rj/jj/8.3
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