|
2012 -- S 2739 | |
|
======= | |
|
LC02145 | |
|
======= | |
|
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
|
| |
|
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
|
| |
|
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
|
| |
|
____________ | |
|
| |
|
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
|
EXPRESSING OUR CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SOLANGE ANNE SULLIVAN | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Introduced By: Senators Maher, Hodgson, Sosnowski, Walaska, and Jabour | |
|
Date Introduced: March 06, 2012 | |
|
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
|
1-1 |
WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Solange |
|
1-2 |
Anne Sullivan, a woman who was deeply devoted to her family. Born eighty-seven years ago to |
|
1-3 |
the late Joseph and Clara (Robidoux) Sauliner, Solange was the wife of the late William F. |
|
1-4 |
Sullivan; and |
|
1-5 |
WHEREAS, Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for her family. We |
|
1-6 |
grieve with her children, Cynthia Bousquet, W. Michael and his wife, Mary C. Sullivan, Patricia |
|
1-7 |
and her husband, Stanley J. Lynch, and Pamela and Timothy Gaboury, and an "adopted" |
|
1-8 |
daughter, Margaret E. Camara. She was the very proud grandmother of sixteen grandchildren: |
|
1-9 |
James. P. Bousquet, W. Matthew Sullivan, Peter C. Sullivan, Bridget S. Sullivan, Katherine |
|
1-10 |
Lynch, Meghan Lynch Ellis, Michaela Lynch, Justin Lynch, John Lynch, Robert Lynch, Jennia |
|
1-11 |
Lynch, Andrew "AJ" Lynch, Matthew Lynch, Zachary and his wife, Trisha Gaboury, Seth |
|
1-12 |
Gaboury, Spencer and his wife, Sarah Gaboury, and great grandmother of Connor; and |
|
1-13 |
WHEREAS, Solange Anne Sullivan was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on May 7, |
|
1-14 |
1925, and raised in Falmouth, Massachusetts, where she was a 1944 graduate of Falmouth High |
|
1-15 |
School. She continued her education and graduated from Framingham State Teacher's College in |
|
1-16 |
1948, where she lettered in three sports: basketball, field hockey, and softball; and |
|
1-17 |
WHEREAS, She was a teacher at St. Mary's Sacred Heart School for 22 years before |
|
1-18 |
retiring in 1982. Mrs. Sullivan also found the time and energy to run Camp Farley, a 4-H summer |
|
1-19 |
camp, in Mashpee for many years. |
|
1-20 |
WHEREAS, Mrs. Sullivan enjoyed knitting and woodworking and was a talented oil |
|
1-21 |
painter and seamstress. She was also a longtime member of Sacred Heart Church where she was |
|
2-1 |
a recipient of the Marian Medal; and |
|
2-2 |
WHEREAS, Always thinking of others, Solange provided care for her mother and father |
|
2-3 |
for many years in addition to being a dedicated mother; and |
|
2-4 |
WHEREAS, A devoted wife, daughter, granddaughter, and great grandmother, Solange |
|
2-5 |
will live on for many years to come in the memories of everyone fortunate enough to have been |
|
2-6 |
touched by the quality of this remarkable woman; and |
|
2-7 |
WHEREAS, Even though we are diminished by this loss and mourn the passing of |
|
2-8 |
Solange, so must we celebrate the spirit, generosity, and courage with which she lived every day |
|
2-9 |
of her life; now, therefore be it |
|
2-10 |
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
|
2-11 |
hereby expresses our deepest sympathy to the entire Sullivan family on the passing of Solange. |
|
2-12 |
She enriched the lives of all who knew her and will be dearly missed; and be it further |
|
2-13 |
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
|
2-14 |
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the family of Solange Anne Sullivan. |
|
| |
|
======= | |
|
LC02145 | |
|
======= |