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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 CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE KATHLEEN

ANN MAGILL

     Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Doyle, Conley, Crowley, and P Fogarty

     Date Introduced: April 15, 2014

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, It is with profound sadness and regret that this Senate has learned of the

untimely passing of Kathleen Ann Magill, mother of William Magill and his wife, Colleen, Karen

Magill, and Elizabeth Keough and her husband, Steven; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Kathy was the daughter of the late William McMullen,

and the late Floretta McMullen. Her mother had passed away when she was quite young but she

had been fortunate to have had a loving stepmother, Mary McMullen. She is also survived by her

sister, Maureen Ryerson, by her loyal canine companion, Sophie, and by her former husband,

Robert T. Magill; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her children and stepmother, Kathy leaves behind her

beautiful grandchildren, Kendall and Kate Magill, William and Henry Connor, and Jack, Sarah

and Evan Keough, all of whom she adored, as well as numerous good friends and extended

family; and

     WHEREAS, Kathy Magill has a place in history as the first woman elected to the

Pawtucket City Council, where she served the people of the city for eight years. She was also the

first woman to run for the Office of Mayor in the City of Pawtucket, and was a member of the

Pawtucket Second Ward Committee from 1979 until her passing. She had been employed at the

Department of Attorney General, and subsequently for the Joint Committee on Legislative

Services, from which she retired; and

     WHEREAS, Kathy was actively involved in community affairs. Most noteworthy, she

was a founding member and had volunteered her time and energies to Pawtucket's St. Patrick's

Day Parade Committee for almost three decades. In addition, she had served as a member of the

City's Purchasing Board and previously, the City's Planning and Redevelopment Agency; and

     WHEREAS, Kathy Magill had the courage to be a trailblazer and a smile that could light

up a room. She devoted many years of her life in service to the people of the City of Pawtucket

and this state, and she will be dearly missed by her family and many friends in the community;

now, therefore be it

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

hereby expresses its deepest sympathies on the passing of The Honorable Kathleen Ann Magill;

and be it further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to William and Colleen Magill, Karen Magill, and

Elizabeth and Steven Keough.

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