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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARTHA JANE

FOGARTY

     Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Paiva Weed, Ruggerio, Gallo, and Walaska

     Date Introduced: January 24, 2012

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Martha

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Jane Fogarty, a remarkable woman whose love, compassion, and willingness to help those in

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need left an indelible impression on everyone she met; and

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     WHEREAS, The daughter of the late Benjamin and Lucienne Hague, Martha was the

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cherished wife of the late Charles J. Fogarty, former State Senator and longtime head of the U.S.

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Small Business Administration. Martha was the loving mother of Corleen Buckley, former Lt.

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Gov. Charles J. Fogarty, State Sen. Paul Fogarty, Martha F. Dunn, and Ann Harwood. She was

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the proud grandmother of Erin Nichols, Matthew Buckley, Patrick, Brendan and Daniel Fogarty,

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Jeffrey, John and Allison Gabel, and Jacob and Samuel Harwood; and loving great-grandmother

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to Caroline and Ethan Nichols; and

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     WHEREAS, After graduating from Central High School, Martha worked for the former

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New England Telephone Company before going on to work with her late husband, Charles, in the

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management of Fogarty Nurseries. She was also a real estate broker and the intrepid Glocester

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correspondent for the Observer Newspaper; and

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     WHEREAS, A woman of tremendous faith, Martha was an active member of St. Philip’s

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Church, serving as a member of the Rosary and Altar Society, Perpetual Adoration, and an

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integral part of the Catholic Charity Drive for many years; and

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     WHEREAS, An industrious civic booster who worked hard to better her community,

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Martha was a volunteer at the Harmony Library for many years, a charter member and past

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president of the Glocester Lady Lions Club, and an elected voting moderator for the Town of

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Glocester; and

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     WHEREAS, Even though we are diminished by this loss and mourn the passing of

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Martha, so must we celebrate the spirit, generosity, and courage with which she lived every day

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of her life; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses our deepest condolences on the passing of Martha J. Fogarty; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the State be and he hereby is authorized and directed

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to transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Corleen Buckley, former Lt. Gov. Charles J.

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Fogarty, State Sen. Paul Fogarty, Martha F. Dunn, and Ann Harwood.

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