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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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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 CHARLOTTE A. MCLAUGHLIN,

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     Introduced By: Representatives McLaughlin, Morin, Shekarchi, Hull, and Chippendale

     Date Introduced: May 13, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this House has learned of the passing of

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Charlotte A. McLaughlin, the devoted wife of the late Joseph F. McLaughlin, the loving mother

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of Christen A. Magill and her husband, Timothy, and the cherished grandmother of Raeghan; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Mrs. McLaughlin was a daughter of the late Joseph and

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Frances DiMartino. She was the beloved sister of Prudence Hrisanthopoulos and Joseph

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DiMartino, and the sister-in-law of our friend and colleague Representative James N. McLaughlin

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and his wife Gilda Rose; and

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     WHEREAS, For forty-two years, Mrs. McLaughlin was been employed as a Computer

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Tomography (CT) Technician at Rhode Island Hospital. She had also generously devoted her

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time at St. Anthony's House for the Poor in Providence; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition, Mrs. McLaughlin was deeply committed to her faith. She was

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an active and devoted member of the Secular Franciscan Order and had served for many years as

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a Eucharistic minister and lector at The Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;

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and

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

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Charlotte McLaughlin, so must we celebrate the spirit and generosity with which she lived every

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day of her life. She will be sadly missed; 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 expresses our deepest sympathy on the passing of Charlotte A.

 

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McLaughlin; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Christen and Timothy Magill and Family.

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