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