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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 Princella Jewel Vogel of Houston on July 9, 2024; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Leo Chester McNeal and Jewel Agnes |
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Jenkins McNeal, the former Princella McNeal was born in McAllen on |
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October 13, and she grew up with the companionship of two sisters, |
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Hermenia and Lucy; she shared a fulfilling marriage with her |
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husband, Peter Olaf Vogel, that spanned more than two and a half |
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decades before his passing in 2004, and she took great pride in her |
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three children, Darryl, Peter, and Anneliese; over the years, she |
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had the pleasure of seeing her family grow to include six |
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grandchildren, Geneva, Peter, Colin, Miles, Eleanor, and Harper; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Vogel enjoyed a rewarding career at the United |
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States Postal Service, and she was a cofounder of Post Office Women |
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for Equal Rights, an organization dedicated to promoting equality |
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in the workplace; she was elected coordinator for the Southern |
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Region of POWER in 1981, and she chaired the Rank and File Advisory |
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Bargaining Committee, which negotiated contracts for postal |
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workers; she further distinguished herself as president of the |
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Houston Area Local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union, |
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and she served as an officer for the national organization; among |
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her many achievements, she received the APWU's Crystal Flame Award; |
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a woman of deep faith, she was a member of the Catholic Daughters of |
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the Americas and St. Ambrose Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for her generosity, strength of character, |
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and devotion to her family, Princella Vogel 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 Princella Jewel |
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Vogel and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn her passing; |
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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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Princella |
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Vogel. |