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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Teresa |
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Ann Bock Manning, who passed away on September 30, 2024, at the age |
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of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of William and Kathryn Koppy Bock, the |
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former Teresa Bock was born on January 31, 1932, in Roscoe, |
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Minnesota, and she grew up with the companionship of three older |
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siblings, Edward, Theodore, and Donna; in 1952, she married the |
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love of her life, Laurence "Mick" Manning, and they went on to share |
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more than five decades together; three weeks after their wedding, |
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Mr. Manning was deployed to serve in the Korean War as a member of |
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the U.S. Air Force; when he returned, the couple bought their first |
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house in Roseville, Minnesota; they were blessed with six children, |
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Mike, Dave, Bill, Kathy, Don, and John, and their family eventually |
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grew to include nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, When Mr. Manning was discharged from the military, |
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the family moved to Fort Worth in 1967 to be closer to |
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Mrs. Manning's brother, Ed; after spending two decades as a devoted |
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homemaker, she enrolled in the nursing program at Harris Hospital, |
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receiving her licensed vocational nurse license in 1974 and |
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registered nurse license in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, In their later years, Mr. and Mrs. Manning retired |
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to a home on Lake Granbury, and they traveled in their motor home, |
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spending summers in Minnesota with friends and family; following |
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Mr. Manning's passing in 2003, Mrs. Manning lived with her sister, |
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Donna, in Benbrook for many years; and |
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WHEREAS, Teresa Manning led a full and generous life |
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surrounded by those she loved, and they will forever carry her close |
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in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Teresa Ann Bock Manning and |
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extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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children, Michael Manning and his wife, Cindy, David Manning and |
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his wife, Terrie, William Manning, Kathleen Manning Farrelly and |
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her husband, Richard, and John Manning and his wife, Sheila; to her |
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grandchildren, Michael, Marc, and Tiffany Williams, Matthew |
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Manning, Jamie Beckelman, Lauren Farrelly Searway, Megan Farrelly |
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Paetzold, and Haley and Ashlyn Manning; to her great-grandchildren, |
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Dean, Taylor, Luke, Colton, Emma, Mary Elizabeth, Anne Margaret, |
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and Owen; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Teresa Manning. |