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This is Amy writing, Tracy's niece, the wild child in all the pictures in the past blogs of Tracy's.



I regret to inform you that Tracy passed away on July 15th at 1:45pm. She lost her thirteen month battle to pancreatic cancer. She was dearly loved and will be truly missed.







Here is her obituary:



Teresa "Tracy" ,51, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2007, after a courageous 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to National Fragile X Foundation, Box 190488, San Francisco, Calif. 94119, or Special Olympics Texas, State Headquarters, 7715 Chevy Chase Drive, Suite 120, Austin, Texas 78752.Tracy was born in Coronado, Calif., on Aug. 6, 1955, to Lt. Cmdr. Allen L. and Jane B. Clark. She was the baby of five, having three older brothers and one older sister. She lived in California, Tennessee, Washington and Missouri before moving to Arlington in 1965 as a skinny, gap-toothed 11-year-old girl. It was then that she met her future husband, Kenneth Husch, a friend of her brother, Pat. Fifteen years later, Ken and Tracy were married and have remained so since.Tracy is known for her talents for growing magnificent flowers and decorating beautiful cookies and her love of pugs (especially Cookie and Ernie). She was active in Special Olympics with her son, Danny, and donated thousands of decorated cookies over the years to various Arlington schools and special ed activities. Her baking stints in the kitchen are legend among her family, especially the year of the chocolate mice. Tracy was preceded in death by her father; and her brother, Patrick.Survivors: Husband, Ken; sons, Gregory Patrick, Thomas Arthur and Daniel Franklin; her first grandchild, Riley Patrick, son of Gregory and Christine; her mother; three of the four siblings; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends who loved her dearly and will miss her greatly.

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God Bless!