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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Peggy Ann Koski of Leander on December 9, 2024, at the |
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age of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Andrew Evans Green and Verna Wilson |
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Green, the former Peggy Green was born at her parents' home in |
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Marianna, Arkansas, on December 12, 1931; she grew up with two older |
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sisters, Zilah and Hilda, and graduated from Marianna High School; |
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after attending Blue Mountain College, she transferred to the |
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University of Mississippi, where she met her future husband, Onnie |
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R. "Rudy" Koski; they were blessed with five treasured children, |
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Laura, Peggy, Arnall, John, and Zilah; and |
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WHEREAS, The family moved a number of times during |
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Dr. Koski's long tenure with the Veterans Administration; in 1972, |
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Mrs. Koski became the first woman elected to the city council of |
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Derby, Kansas; during Dr. Koski's time as a professor of dentistry |
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at the University of Tennessee, Mrs. Koski embarked on a successful |
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career as a realtor with Crye-Leike Real Estate in Memphis; an arts |
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afficionado, she loved dance and music, especially opera; she was a |
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longtime supporter of the Poplar Pike Playhouse at Germantown High |
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School, where three of her children performed; her kindness, wit, |
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and vibrant personality brightened the days of everyone around her, |
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and she was called "Mama Kitty" by her children's friends; and |
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WHEREAS, In retirement, Dr. and Mrs. Koski built their dream |
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home in Moss Point, Mississippi, where they enjoyed many happy |
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moments on the coast with their children and grandchildren; |
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following Hurricane Katrina, they returned to Texas; the devoted |
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couple shared a fulfilling marriage of 65 years until the passing of |
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Dr. Koski in 2016; sustained by a strong faith, Mrs. Koski was a |
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valued congregant of First Baptist Church in Moss Point and |
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St. Peter's United Methodist Church in Katy; moreover, she was a |
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member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority for 75 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Peggy Koski is deeply missed, she has left |
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her loved ones with many cherished memories, and she will forever |
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hold a special place 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 life of Peggy Ann Koski and extend sincere |
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sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, Laura |
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Leigh Koski, Peggy Suzanna Cincotti, Arnall Rudolph Koski, John |
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Eric Koski, and Zilah Jane Daley; to her grandchildren, Andrew, |
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Adam, Kaitlyn, Sarah, Ryan, Lindsey, Shannon, Caraline, Jackson, |
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Sophie, and Ella; to her great-grandchildren, Lily, Onnie, Elliott, |
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and Bailey; 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 Peggy Ann Koski. |