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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF JANE ARLENE WATSON

     Introduced By: Senators Hodgson, Kettle, Algiere, Lynch, and Metts

     Date Introduced: April 09, 2014

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

Arlene Watson, beloved wife for over fifty years to the late Robert W. Watson, and the devoted

mother of one daughter, Stephanie Watson, and three sons, David Watson, our friend and former

colleague The Honorable Robert A. Watson, and Michael Watson; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Watson was an extremely vivacious, loving, and brilliant woman. She

was a graduate of Pembroke College in Brown University and had been a teacher with the

Warwick School Department for thirty-five years, where she had taken great delight in teaching

the gifted student program for the last few years of her career; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Watson's caring personality created and nurtured a marriage that

flourished, and a home that was warm and welcoming. She doted on her family, and her patient

and caring nature made her the kind of mother that every child needs and deserves; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her family and teaching, Mrs. Watson was very active in the

community and with local politics, which she undoubtedly instilled in her son, Bob. She had

served on the East Greenwich School Committee for eight years and was a member of the

Republican Town Committee. Bob went on to serve in the General Assembly as a State Senator

from 1989 until 1991, and in the House of Representatives from 1993 until his retirement in 2012.

He was elected Minority Leader by his peers and served from 1998 until 2011; and

     WHEREAS, Over the years the Watson's home was shared by a myriad of friends, happy

times, and smiling faces. Jane Watson was the heart and soul of her family. Her wit, humor, and

sincerity will forever be indelibly imprinted on the lives and in the cherished memories of her

entire family. She enriched the lives of all who had the good fortune to have known her and she

will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

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

hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Jane Arlene Watson. She will be

forever remembered as a devoted wife and loving mother; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to The Honorable Robert A. Watson.

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