SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 13
 
 
  In Memory
  of
  Mary Wilson
 
         WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the
  passing of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson of Sulphur Springs on
  June 23, 2025, at the age of 92; and
 
         WHEREAS, The daughter of Lawrence Larsen and Grace
  Anderson Larsen, the former Mary Larsen was born in Kansas City,
  Missouri, on September 16, 1932, and she grew up with the company
  of two brothers, Ralph and Jack; the family moved several times
  before settling in Texas when she was a teenager; after
  graduating from Navasota High School, she attended Sam Houston
  State Teachers College, where she met the love of her life,
  Eugene H. Preuss; they married after her freshman year, and they
  were later blessed with four children, Luanne, Suellen, Roy, and
  Ralph; and
 
         WHEREAS, Mr. Preuss's career with Texas Power and Light
  took the family to Taylor, Waco, Elgin, and then Sulphur Springs,
  where Mrs. Preuss was able to complete her bachelor's degree in
  education nearby at East Texas State University; after the family
  returned to Taylor in 1979, she embarked on a 16-year career with
  the Taylor Independent School District and took great enjoyment
  in working with her sixth-grade students; and
 
         WHEREAS, Following Mr. Preuss's passing in 1988, she was
  fortunate enough to find love a second time and wed John Wilson in
  1995; they shared happy times traveling and enjoying life on Lake
  Buchanan in Burnet; following Mr. Wilson's death in 2000, she
  moved back to Sulphur Springs to be close to her sons; she enjoyed
  playing bridge, and she was a faithful member of First United
  Methodist Church; one of her beloved grandchildren, Henry
  Preuss, also preceded her in death; and
 
         WHEREAS, Although Mary Wilson will be deeply missed, she
  has left her family and friends with a wealth of memories that
  they will forever treasure; now, therefore, be it
 
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th
  Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life
  of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson and extend sincere condolences to
  the members of her family: to her children, Luanne Prince,
  Suellen Smith and her husband, Guy, Roy Preuss, and Ralph Preuss
  and his wife, Lisa; to her grandchildren, Kristin Armstrong
  Urbano and her husband, Nick, Robin Armstrong Bittick and her
  husband, Garrett, Rebecca Smith Grosswiler and her husband,
  Jake, Stuart Smith, Richard England and his wife, Sarah, and
  Rachel Preuss Mejia and her husband, Salvador; to her
  great-grandchildren, Izzy Urbano, Cameron and Rhett Bittick,
  Harley Smith, Lexi, Jaxon, Colton, and Kenzie Grosswiler,
  Allison McMillan and her husband, Austin, Dylan Clark and his
  wife, Callie, Porter, Archer, and Birdie England, Olive and Daisy
  Wilkinson, and Sebastian and Sage Mejia; and to her other
  relatives and friends; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
  prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns
  this day, it do so in memory of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson.
 
  Hughes
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on September 4, 2025,
    by a rising vote.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate