HR 123 (LSB 6288YH (2) 89)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 123

BY  SIECK

A Resolution honoring the life and message of Sharron Trimmer.

   WHEREAS, Sharron Trimmer is an Iowa native with a big heart and a love of music; and
   WHEREAS, when Ms. Trimmer was younger, she gave several vocal performances, won her first singing award at age twelve in a talent show in Omaha, Nebraska, won a Miss Southwest Iowa competition, and even befriended the Everly Brothers who attended her junior high school; and
   WHEREAS, in Ms. Trimmer’s sophomore year of high school, she entered the weekly Teen Talent contest at KFNF Henry Fields radio station where she won the contest every Saturday for two months; and
   WHEREAS, KFNF radio was so impressed with Ms. Trimmer, they asked her to host the Teen Talent show, which she did for two and one-half years, allowing her to meet and become lifelong friends with Pat Boone; and
   WHEREAS, in 1964, Ms. Trimmer gave birth to a daughter, Cindy Suzette, who Mr. Boone described as having the voice and personality of an angel. Inspired by Mr. Boone’s words, Ms. Trimmer changed Cindy’s name to Angelina L’Amour, or simply “Angel”; and
   WHEREAS, many years later, Angel was diagnosed with cancer, and her prognosis was poor. After having been resuscitated once, Angel woke up and told Ms. Trimmer that she had met an angel who told her to advocate for and take care of people suffering from cancer, and she asked her mother to help her with this request; and
   WHEREAS, Angel passed away from cancer on July 1, 2016, and Ms. Trimmer was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two months later. Despite the diagnosis, Ms. Trimmer worked tirelessly for her daughter’s cause to provide services, kindness, and much needed quality of life improvements for those suffering from cancer by advocating and reaching out to patients, hospitals, doctors, nurses, and people providing services to people with cancer; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives honors the efforts Ms. Trimmer has made in her advocacy and service to people suffering from cancer; and

   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognizes Ms. Trimmer’s message to care for one another and work together with a “big heart” as a message that is emblematic of our state principles and one that every Iowan must carry with them; and
   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage of this resolution, the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to Ms. Sharron Trimmer.