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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Dr. Albert Ray Niederer of Woodway, who passed away on April 22, |
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2011, at the age of 72; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on August 5, 1938, in Waco to Gus Albert and |
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Freda Gummelt Niederer, Ray Niederer played basketball as a youth |
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and graduated from Waco High School in 1956; he earned a bachelor's |
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degree in history from Baylor University in 1960, and while |
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attending college, he met the love of his life, Anna Waters; the two |
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married on July 23, 1960, and they shared more than half a century |
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of marriage and had two children together, Deborah and David; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Niederer studied at Sioux Falls Seminary in |
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South Dakota and was ordained as a minister in 1963, and he went on |
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to serve as a pastor at Baptist churches in Michigan, Ohio, |
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Oklahoma, South Dakota, and California; while leading services at |
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several small churches in Texas, he enrolled in the doctoral |
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program in religion at Baylor University, and in 1976, he earned his |
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doctor of philosophy degree; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1983, Dr. Niederer became a librarian in the |
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Waco-McLennan County Library system and he worked in area libraries |
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for two decades; a member of the First Baptist Church of Waco as |
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well, he also liked to golf, read, and travel in his spare time; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Niederer earned the affection and admiration of |
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many people with his kind and caring ways, and he will long be |
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remembered by all those who were fortunate enough to know him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Albert Ray |
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Niederer and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Ann; to his daughter, Deborah Saxon, and her husband, |
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John; to his son, David Niederer, and his wife, Misty; to his |
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grandchildren, Megan and Peyton; to his sister, Dorothy DeBorde; |
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and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Albert |
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Ray Niederer. |