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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 CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DALE A. DWYER

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Paiva Weed, Lynch, Metts, and Tassoni

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2012

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, It is with profound sadness that we have learned of the passing of Dale A.

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Dwyer, a woman who was deeply devoted to her family and friends. Our thoughts and hearts hold

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great empathy and sorrow for her loved ones. We grieve with her husband, Raymond A. LaFazia,

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her brother, Robert E. Dwyer and his wife, Joan, her father-in-law, Raymond LaFazia, and sister-

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in-law, Chief Judge Jeanne LaFazia, and her husband, George Mason, her nieces, Megan, Erin,

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Caitlyn, and Devon, nephew, Ryan Dwyer, great-nephews, and great-nieces on their tremendous

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loss. Her dog, Emma, held a special place in Dale’s heart; and

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     WHEREAS, Dale was born in 1953, to her proud parents, the late Robert and Virginia

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(Lange) Dwyer. She graduated in 1970 from Ponagansett High School; and

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     WHEREAS, Dale Dwyer was a strong advocate for the prevention of animal cruelty and

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was instrumental in ending the use of gas chambers at the Glocester Animal Shelter, among other

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locations; and

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     WHEREAS, Besides her family and friends Dale enjoyed gardening, floral arranging,

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embroidering, cooking, parties (especially Christmas), and all things Irish, but most of all

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animals; and

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     WHEREAS, A devoted wife, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, and animal lover, Dale

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A. Dwyer will live on for many years to come in the memories of everyone fortunate enough to

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have been touched by the quality of this remarkable woman; 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 sympathy to the entire Dwyer and LaFazia families on the passing

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of Dale A. Dwyer. She enriched the lives of all who knew her and will be dearly missed; and be it

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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 Mr. Raymond A. LaFazia.

     

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