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Children:<br>
Children:<br>
Steven R. Farabee<br>
Steven R. Farabee<br>
David Lee Farabee<br>
[[David Farabee]]<br>
Parents:<br>
Parents:<br>
Wilmer C. and Myra Grace Rehbein<br>
Wilmer C. and Myra Grace Rehbein<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]
[[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]
|footnotes='''Notes'''
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
*Farabee was the first woman student body president of a [[Big Ten]] university in the United States.<br>
*Like her spouse, [[Ray Farabee]], Helen Farabee was an active [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and made a brief effort shortly before her own death to succeed her husband as a Texas state senator.<br>
*Farabee and Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby, Jr., were instrumental in the establishment in 1985 of the Texas Mental Health Mental Retardation Department.
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'''Helen Jane Rehbein Farabee'''' (November 12, 1934 – July 28, 1988), was a 20th-century advocate of improved [[mental health]] and human services in [[Texas]].
'''Helen Jane Rehbein Farabee'''' (November 12, 1934 – July 28, 1988), was a 20th-century advocate of improved [[mental health]] and human services in [[Texas]].
She was the first wife of state Senator [[Ray Farabee]], an [[attorney]] originally from [[Wichita Falls]]. Their younger son, David Lee Farabee (born 1964), a Wichita Falls [[business]]man, is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives. An older son, Steven R. Farabee (born 1961), resides in [[Austin]], Texas.
She was the first wife of state Senator [[Ray Farabee]], an [[attorney]] originally from [[Wichita Falls]]. Their younger son, [[David Farabee]] (born 1964), a Wichita Falls [[business]]man, is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives. An older son, Steven R. Farabee (born 1961), resides in [[Austin]], Texas.
==Biography==
==Biography==