History
Compiled and written by Jane Yoakum
In April 1972, a statewide cancer registry workshop, sponsored by the Texas Department of Health, was held in Austin, Texas. During this workshop, a majority of tumor registry personnel present agreed to establish a state association of tumor registrars. Those in attendance were asked to assist in the founding of such an association, and an ad hoc committee under the guidance of Amelia Menchetti was formed to write by-laws and outline membership requirements.
Following months of work, determination and dedication, the Texas Tumor Registrars Association was chartered by the State of Texas on October 31, 1972. The Charter meeting was held in Dallas on November 3, 1972, and was well attended by tumor registrars from across the State of Texas. By-laws were adopted, officers elected, and TxTRA was declared a non-profit professional association, with membership open to all persons employed directly or indirectly in the tumor registry field. Purposes of the Texas Tumor Registrars Association, were set forth in the by-laws.
The official seal of TxTRA was adopted November 3, 1972, at this charter meeting. The outline of Texas represents the state in which we serve. The quill symbolizes our responsibility to record all information concerning the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of our cancer patients. The sword symbolizes our weapon to use against cancer through our professional endeavors as tumor registrars.
National Cancer Registrars Association’s Founding Members from Texas
Delores de Arias | Dorothy Rankins Gibson | Clara Proctor |
Pearl Baker | Debbie Moore Macias | Marvel Smith |
Marie Christie | Pat Mapes | Margaret Studer |
Nan Fobbs | Marie Maxfield | Mildred Tresenriter |
Guadalupe Funk | Amelia M. Menchetti | Vernette Wuthrich |
Texas Tumor Registrars Association’s Charter Members
Delores de Arias | Cynthia Harris | Amelia Menchetti |
Pearl Baker | Nancy Holloway | Debbie Moore Macias |
Ruth Byers | Harta Howard | Clara Proctor |
Mary Christie | Suzy Hoyler | Marvel Smith |
Laurell Decker | Ann Mallard | Mildred Tresenriter |
Guadalupe Funk | Mary Mapes | LaMonda Whitley |
Dorothy Rankins Gibson | Marie Maxfield | Bea Wohleb |
Past Presidents and Annual Meeting Sites
Kacie Vasquez | 2023-2024 | TBD |
Kimberly Kinney-Lara | 2022-2023 | Lubbock |
Kimberly Willis | 2021-2022 | Virtual Meeting |
Rhonda Buchenhain | 2020-2021 | No Conference Held |
Marie Gallegos | 2019-2020 | No Conference Held due to COVID Pandemic |
Susan Perez | 2018-2019 | Austin |
Cynthia Jeffrey | 2017-2018 | Grapevine |
Vicki Holmes | 2016-2017 | Grapevine |
Dee Moncada | 2015-2016 | Dallas |
Misty Sonnenberg | 2014-2015 | Grapevine |
Kathy Baskin | 2013-2014 | Fort Worth |
Sarah Taylor | 2012-2013 | Houston |
Gay Jordan | 2011-2012 | Hurst |
Janet Reynolds | 2010-2011 | Rockwall |
Anna Burt | 2009-2010 | Corpus Christi |
Bobbie Graham | 2008-2009 | Houston |
Joyce Ritter | 2007-2008 | San Antonio |
Vivian Heep | 2006-2007 | Fort Worth |
Deidre Watson | 2005-2006 | Austin |
Elaine Woods | 2004-2005 | Arlington |
Veronica Shrode | 2003-2004 | Austin |
Mary Kimmel | 2002-2003 | San Antonio |
Nita Raidy | 2001-2002 | Dallas |
Kathy Stevenson | 2000-2001 | Clear Lake, Houston |
Judy Jacobs | 1999-2000 | Galveston |
Jackie Steele | 1998-1999 | Houston |
Carol Poehl | 1997-1998 | Fort Worth |
Dianne Ketchum | 1996-1997 | Dallas |
Dorothy Loughran | 1995-1996 | Austin |
Jane Remmy | 1994-1995 | San Antonio |
Lola Eastham | 1993-1994 | Lubbock |
Vickie Lutrick | 1992-1993 | Fort Worth |
Juanita Ingram | 1991-1992 | Austin |
Pat Tesch | 1990-1991 | Houston |
Pandora Ashley | 1989-1990 | Temple |
Clara Carsten | 1988-1989 | Dallas |
Pamela Matthys | 1987-1988 | San Antonio |
LaNell Witcher | 1986-1987 | Galveston |
Lupe Funk | 1985-1986 | Houston |
David S. Johnson | 1984-1985 | South Padre |
Barbara J. Kirk | 1983-1984 | San Antonio |
Rosemary McKee | 1982-1983 | Temple |
Mary Martinez | 1981-1982 | Houston |
Pat Mapes | 1980-1981 | Corpus Christi |
Suzanne Hoyler | 1979-1980 | San Antonio |
Mildred Tresenriter | 1978-1979 | Dallas |
Nancy Parnell | 1977-1978 | Temple |
Sue Dugat | 1976-1977 | Galveston |
Ruth Byers | 1975-1976 | San Antonio |
Pearl Baker | 1974-1975 | Dallas |
Marie Maxfield | 1973-1974 | Houston |