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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the |
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| 8 | 9 | | passing of Mary Winifred Weingarth Newton on December 21, 2024, at |
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| 9 | 10 | | the age of 85; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Frederick Charles Weingarth II and |
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| 11 | 12 | | Agnes Jelinek Weingarth, the former Mary Weingarth was born in |
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| 12 | 13 | | Kansas City, Missouri, on October 20, 1939, and she grew up with the |
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| 13 | 14 | | companionship of a brother, Frederick; after graduating from |
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| 14 | 15 | | Littleton High School in Colorado in 1957, she earned a bachelor's |
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| 15 | 16 | | degree in business education from Colorado State College; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, While attending college, she met Ronald James |
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| 17 | 18 | | Newton, and the couple married in 1961; she took great pride in her |
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| 18 | 19 | | children, Courtney and Brooke, and over the years, she had the |
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| 19 | 20 | | pleasure of seeing her family grow to include four grandchildren, |
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| 20 | 21 | | Taylor, Grace, Sam, and Hazel; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Newton enjoyed a rewarding career in |
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| 22 | 23 | | education, teaching at schools in Colorado, California, and |
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| 23 | 24 | | Wyoming; she also cofounded a craft consignment shop and |
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| 24 | 25 | | established a coffee and tea shop, a restaurant, and a mall antiques |
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| 25 | 26 | | booth; a respected business owner for three decades, she taught |
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| 26 | 27 | | entrepreneurship at the Texas A&M University College of Business; |
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| 27 | 28 | | and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Newton served as a board member and recruiter |
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| 29 | 30 | | for the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce, and she further |
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| 30 | 31 | | distinguished herself as alumni advisor and president of the house |
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| 31 | 32 | | corporation board for the Alpha Phi International Fraternity's |
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| 32 | 33 | | Epsilon Omega chapter at A&M; in addition, she was involved in the |
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| 33 | 34 | | Bluebonnet Psychiatric Center, the Boys Clubs of Brazos County, and |
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| 34 | 35 | | the American Red Cross, and she contributed to philanthropic |
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| 35 | 36 | | efforts at East Carolina University; after settling in Coppell in |
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| 36 | 37 | | 2017, she joined women's groups at St. Ann Catholic Parish; and |
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| 37 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Admired for her generosity, her outgoing nature, and |
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| 38 | 39 | | her devotion to her family, Mary Newton lived a caring and |
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| 39 | 40 | | purposeful life, and she leaves behind a record of service that her |
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| 40 | 41 | | loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 42 | 43 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mary Winifred |
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| 43 | 44 | | Weingarth Newton and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn her |
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| 44 | 45 | | passing; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 47 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 47 | 48 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mary |
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| 48 | 49 | | Newton. |
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