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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Angela Elizabeth Oliverson on |
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October 12, 2023, at the age of 48, has brought an immeasurable loss |
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to her family and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, A Minnesota native, Angela Oliverson was born to Ray |
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and Sandy Oliverson on March 10, 1975; in her early childhood, her |
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family moved to Houston and then settled in Kingwood, where she was |
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a member of Kingwood Methodist Church; she attended Bear Branch |
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Elementary School, and in 1984, she got her pony, Sunny; after |
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moving to rural Cut and Shoot, near Conroe, she participated in |
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hundreds of dressage and hunter/jumper competitions; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Oliverson graduated with honors from high |
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school in Conroe and went on to earn her bachelor's degree in |
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psychology magna cum laude from Sam Houston State University; in |
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addition, she studied ceramics in Puebla, Mexico, and at the |
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University of North Texas, and she enrolled in the Glassell School |
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of Art as well; she was employed as a legal secretary in Houston and |
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in retail in both Houston and Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2002, Ms. Oliverson completed a master's degree |
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in education at Texas State University; she began her teaching |
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career with the Department of Defense Education Activity agency in |
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Schweinfurt, Germany; in 2015, she transferred to a DoDEA school at |
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Lajes Field on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores; the |
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following year, she was joined in matrimony to Nuno Tiago Ramos |
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Pinto, and she began teaching at a DoDEA school at Naval Station |
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Rota in Spain; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Angela Oliverson is greatly missed, she has |
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left her loved ones with many cherished memories, and she will |
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forever hold a special place in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Angela Oliverson and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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her family: to her husband, Nuno Tiago Ramos Pinto; to her parents, |
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Ray and Sandy Oliverson; to her brother, Dr. Tom Oliverson; to her |
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two nephews and her niece; and to her other relatives and friends; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Angela |
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Elizabeth Oliverson. |