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R E S O L U T I O N
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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 Anderson |
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Larsen, the former Mary Larsen was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on |
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September 16, 1932, and she grew up with the company of two |
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brothers, Ralph and Jack; the family moved several times before |
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settling in Texas when she was a teenager; after graduating from |
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Navasota High School, she attended Sam Houston State Teachers |
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College, where she met the love of her life, Eugene H. Preuss; they |
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married after her freshman year, and they were later blessed with |
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four children, Luanne, Suellen, Roy, and Ralph; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Preuss's career with Texas Power and Light took |
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the family to Taylor, Waco, Elgin, and then Sulphur Springs, where |
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Mrs. Preuss was able to complete her bachelor's degree in education |
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nearby at East Texas State University; after the family returned to |
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Taylor in 1979, she embarked on a 16-year career with the Taylor |
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Independent School District and took great enjoyment in working |
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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 moved |
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back to Sulphur Springs to be close to her sons; she enjoyed playing |
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bridge, and she was a faithful member of First United Methodist |
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Church; one of her beloved grandchildren, Henry Preuss, also |
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preceded her in death; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Mary Wilson will be deeply missed, she has |
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left her family and friends with a wealth of memories that they will |
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forever treasure; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 2nd |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Mary E. Larsen |
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Preuss Wilson and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her children, Luanne Prince, Suellen Smith and her |
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husband, Guy, Roy Preuss, and Ralph Preuss and his wife, Lisa; to |
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her grandchildren, Kristin Armstrong Urbano and her husband, Nick, |
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Robin Armstrong Bittick and her husband, Garrett, Rebecca Smith |
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Grosswiler and her husband, Jake, Stuart Smith, Richard England and |
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his wife, Sarah, and Rachel Preuss Mejia and her husband, Salvador; |
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to her great-grandchildren, Izzy Urbano, Cameron and Rhett Bittick, |
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Harley Smith, Lexi, Jaxon, Colton, and Kenzie Grosswiler, Allison |
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McMillan and her husband, Austin, Dylan Clark and his wife, Callie, |
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Porter, Archer, and Birdie England, Olive and Daisy Wilkinson, and |
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Sebastian and Sage Mejia; 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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson. |