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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 Winifred Weingarth Newton on December 21, 2024, at |
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the age of 85; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Frederick Charles Weingarth II and |
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Agnes Jelinek Weingarth, the former Mary Weingarth was born in |
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Kansas City, Missouri, on October 20, 1939, and she grew up with the |
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companionship of a brother, Frederick; after graduating from |
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Littleton High School in Colorado in 1957, she earned a bachelor's |
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degree in business education from Colorado State College; and |
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WHEREAS, While attending college, she met Ronald James |
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Newton, and the couple married in 1961; she took great pride in her |
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children, Courtney and Brooke, and over the years, she had the |
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pleasure of seeing her family grow to include four grandchildren, |
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Taylor, Grace, Sam, and Hazel; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Newton enjoyed a rewarding career in |
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education, teaching at schools in Colorado, California, and |
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Wyoming; she also cofounded a craft consignment shop and |
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established a coffee and tea shop, a restaurant, and a mall antiques |
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booth; a respected business owner for three decades, she taught |
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entrepreneurship at the Texas A&M University College of Business; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Newton served as a board member and recruiter |
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for the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce, and she further |
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distinguished herself as alumni advisor and president of the house |
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corporation board for the Alpha Phi International Fraternity's |
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Epsilon Omega chapter at A&M; in addition, she was involved in the |
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Bluebonnet Psychiatric Center, the Boys Clubs of Brazos County, and |
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the American Red Cross, and she contributed to philanthropic |
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efforts at East Carolina University; after settling in Coppell in |
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2017, she joined women's groups at St. Ann Catholic Parish; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her generosity, her outgoing nature, and |
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her devotion to her family, Mary Newton lived a caring and |
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purposeful life, and she leaves behind a record of service that her |
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loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Winifred |
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Weingarth Newton and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn her |
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passing; 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 Mary |
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Newton. |