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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF PATRICIA M. GOODWIN | |
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     Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Mattiello, Fox, Hull, and McCauley | |
     Date Introduced: January 04, 2012 | |
     Referred To: House read and passed | |
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     WHEREAS, It is with profound sadness and regret that this House of Representatives has |
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learned of the passing of Patricia M. Goodwin, who was the loving mother of Senate Majority |
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Whip, Maryellen Goodwin; and |
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     WHEREAS, Mrs. Patricia Goodwin, who sadly passed away on December 21, 2011, was |
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the wife of former Senator Thomas N. Goodwin for fifty-three years. She was also the beloved |
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mother of Sheila A. Connelly and Maureen P. LaRocque; and |
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     WHEREAS, Patricia Goodwin was born in Providence on Saint Patrick’s Day, seventy- |
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six years ago and lived in the Smith Hill Neighborhood for most of her adult life before moving |
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to the Town of North Providence; and |
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     WHEREAS, Pat was employed as a genealogist for the State of Rhode Island, |
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Department of Vital Records for eighteen years, retiring in 1997. Upon her retirement, she, along |
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with her daughter Maureen, hosted Perfect Beginnings Family Christian Day Care at her |
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residence in North Providence for seven years until she became ill in 2006. Prior to that, from |
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1952 to 1959, she was the acting deputy Recorder of Deeds for the City of Providence; and |
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     WHEREAS, Patricia Goodwin was a faithful communicant of Saint Patrick Church in |
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Providence, a member of the 1st Senatorial District Committee and the Saint Xavier Alumnae |
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Association, and an avid Red Sox Fan; and |
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     WHEREAS, Patricia Goodwin will be fondly remembered as a generous and caring |
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person and for her warm hospitality at gatherings she hosted at her home during the holidays, and |
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in particular for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade celebrations at her home. She had a full life |
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as a nurturing wife and loving and guiding mother and grandmother; and |
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     WHEREAS, Mrs. Goodwin will be dearly missed by her family, friends, and all who |
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knew her; now, therefore be it |
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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby offers its sincere condolences to Patricia Goodwin’s husband, |
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Thomas, her daughters Maryellen, Sheila, and Maureen, her grandchildren Marygrace, Teresa, |
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John, and Liam, and her sister, Elizabeth; and be it further |
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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to The Honorable Thomas N. Goodwin and |
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Family. |
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