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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Frieda |
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Martha Wood Nicks of Garland, who passed away on January 18, 2021, |
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at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Helen Frieda Phillip Wood and John |
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Purifoy Wood, the former Frieda Wood was born in Dallas on December |
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20, 1934; she grew up with a sister, Marguerite Ann, and graduated |
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from Forest Avenue High School; embarking on a career as a |
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secretary, she worked at banks in downtown Dallas before joining |
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the staff of Ling-Temco-Vought in Garland; she was employed there |
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for 36 years, through its transition to E-Systems and its |
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acquisition by Raytheon Technologies, and retired in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Johnny Raggio in 1954, and they became |
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the parents of two children, Suzanne and Glen; in 1982, she wed |
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James Nicks, and they shared a fulfilling relationship until his |
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passing in 2018; over the years, her family grew to include a |
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stepdaughter, Cynthia, four grandchildren, Elissa, Luke, |
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Christina, and Kevin, and two great-granddaughters, Olivia and |
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Abigail; and |
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WHEREAS, Beloved by all who were privileged to know her, |
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Frieda Nicks is greatly missed, but she has left her family and |
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friends with a wealth of memories that they will forever treasure; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Frieda Martha Wood |
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Nicks and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: |
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to her daughter, Suzanne Raggio Westerheim; to her son, Glen S. |
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Raggio, and his wife, Denise; to her stepdaughter, Cynthia Nicks; |
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to her grandchildren, Elissa Westerheim, Luke Westerheim and his |
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wife, Elya, Christina Raggio, and Kevin Raggio; to her |
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great-granddaughters, Olivia and Abigail Westerheim; and to her |
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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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Frieda |
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Nicks. |