Bill Text: TX SR13 | 2025 | 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson of Sulphur Springs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-09-04 - Reported enrolled [SR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR13-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Mary Wilson | ||
| WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the | ||
| passing of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson of Sulphur Springs on | ||
| June 23, 2025, at the age of 92; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Lawrence Larsen and Grace | ||
| Anderson Larsen, the former Mary Larsen was born in Kansas City, | ||
| Missouri, on September 16, 1932, and she grew up with the company | ||
| of two brothers, Ralph and Jack; the family moved several times | ||
| before settling in Texas when she was a teenager; after | ||
| graduating from Navasota High School, she attended Sam Houston | ||
| State Teachers College, where she met the love of her life, | ||
| Eugene H. Preuss; they married after her freshman year, and they | ||
| were later blessed with four children, Luanne, Suellen, Roy, and | ||
| Ralph; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Preuss's career with Texas Power and Light | ||
| took the family to Taylor, Waco, Elgin, and then Sulphur Springs, | ||
| where Mrs. Preuss was able to complete her bachelor's degree in | ||
| education nearby at East Texas State University; after the family | ||
| returned to Taylor in 1979, she embarked on a 16-year career with | ||
| the Taylor Independent School District and took great enjoyment | ||
| in working with her sixth-grade students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following Mr. Preuss's passing in 1988, she was | ||
| fortunate enough to find love a second time and wed John Wilson in | ||
| 1995; they shared happy times traveling and enjoying life on Lake | ||
| Buchanan in Burnet; following Mr. Wilson's death in 2000, she | ||
| moved back to Sulphur Springs to be close to her sons; she enjoyed | ||
| playing bridge, and she was a faithful member of First United | ||
| Methodist Church; one of her beloved grandchildren, Henry | ||
| Preuss, also preceded her in death; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although Mary Wilson will be deeply missed, she | ||
| has left her family and friends with a wealth of memories that | ||
| they will forever treasure; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life | ||
| of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson and extend sincere condolences to | ||
| the members of her family: to her children, Luanne Prince, | ||
| Suellen Smith and her husband, Guy, Roy Preuss, and Ralph Preuss | ||
| and his wife, Lisa; to her grandchildren, Kristin Armstrong | ||
| Urbano and her husband, Nick, Robin Armstrong Bittick and her | ||
| husband, Garrett, Rebecca Smith Grosswiler and her husband, | ||
| Jake, Stuart Smith, Richard England and his wife, Sarah, and | ||
| Rachel Preuss Mejia and her husband, Salvador; to her | ||
| great-grandchildren, Izzy Urbano, Cameron and Rhett Bittick, | ||
| Harley Smith, Lexi, Jaxon, Colton, and Kenzie Grosswiler, | ||
| Allison McMillan and her husband, Austin, Dylan Clark and his | ||
| wife, Callie, Porter, Archer, and Birdie England, Olive and Daisy | ||
| Wilkinson, and Sebastian and Sage Mejia; and to her other | ||
| relatives and friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns | ||
| this day, it do so in memory of Mary E. Larsen Preuss Wilson. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on September 4, 2025, | ||
| by a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
