Florida Senate - 2021 (NP) SR By Senator Farmer 34-04866-21 20212078__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Senate Resolution A resolution celebrating the legacy of strength and kindness of Janet Frohlich Lizbeth Mabry and her contribution to the Florida legislative process. 4

WHEREAS, on May 19, 1953, Janet Frohlich Lizbeth Mabry was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry was raised in Treasure Island, where she spent most of her childhood boating, swimming, and searching for sand dollars in the Florida sunshine, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry graduated from Boca Ciega High School, 11 and went on to receive bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from Florida State University and Northern Arizona University, respectively, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry spent her early career working for Pasco County before serving as a legislative aide to State Representative Ron Richmond and later ran for the Florida House of Representatives, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry found her passion as an independent lobbyist in this state, and embodied all of the positive attributes of a great lobbyist: a tireless work ethic, knowledge of the legislative process, and the ability to build strong relationships with the members, most notably Senate President Jim King and Senator Dennis Jones, with whom she became very close, and

WHEREAS, over the span of her career Janet Mabry influenced legislation in areas of child care, mobile homes, massage therapy, consumer protection, access to the courts, women’s rights, and sex trafficking, and Florida Senate - 2021 (NP) SR 2078 34-04866-21 20212078__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.

WHEREAS, in 2018, Janet Mabry was diagnosed with breast cancer while undergoing a series of tests to become a kidney donor for her husband, and, after undergoing initially successful treatment, her cancer returned in 2019, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry passed from this world and into the gates of heaven on November 2, 2020, at age 67, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry will be remembered as a trusted friend and confidant who never shied away from voicing her opinion, for her ability to fight hard on an issue but still enjoy a cocktail with the person on the other side of the debate at the end of the day, and for her love of the legislative process and the challenges it presented, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry was known for her infinite wisdom, 42 electric blue eyes, infectious laugh, and love of nature, and enjoyed coffee on her front porch with her daughters, watching butterflies, and scooping for sea creatures in the Gulf of Mexico, and

WHEREAS, Janet Mabry will be lovingly remembered by her husband of years, Michael Mabry; her daughters, Mykel Robinson and Lizbeth Mabry; her grandsons, Jackson and Asher Robinson; her brothers, Michael Amendola, William “Cort” 50 Frohlich, and Richard “Kipp” Frohlich; and many nieces and nephews,

NOW, THEREFORE, 52 53

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 55 That we celebrate the legacy of strength and kindness of Janet Frohlich Lizbeth Mabry and her contribution to the Florida Florida Senate - 2021 (NP) SR 2078 34-04866-21 20212078__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. legislative process. 59