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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF FORMER RHODE ISLAND STATE

SENATOR, THE HONORABLE EDWARD F. HOLLAND, SR.

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Tanzi, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

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Honorable Edward F. Holland, Sr., a resident of the City of Cranston and formerly from the

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Village of Matunuck, and a respected former member of the Rhode Island Senate; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Edward Holland was a son of the late Edward and

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Wilhelmina Holland and the brother of Patricia North, Mary Jane Lovett, Brian Holland and

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Kathy Roberts of Chepachet; and

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     WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Mr. Holland was the beloved husband of Eleanor Q.

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Holland, the loving father of Cynthia Holland Matarese, Edward F. Holland, Jr., Stephen P.

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Holland, and step-father of Raymond Quirk, James Quirk, and Caroline Gorham. He was also the

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proud grandfather of eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; and

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     WHEREAS, A conscientious and hard-working man, Edward Holland had been

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employed as a cartographer for Defensive Mapping Agency for thirty-seven years before his

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retirement; and

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     WHEREAS, A valued member of the Rhode Island Senate, the Honorable Edward

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Holland was elected in November of 1994, as a Rhode Island State Senator for District 6, which

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encompassed neighborhoods in South Kingstown and Block Island. He served his constituency

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from January of 1995 through 1996; and

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     WHEREAS, Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for Edward

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Holland's family. He was a loving husband, a devoted father, and a distinguished former public

 

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servant and he will be dearly 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 offers its sincere condolences on the passing of the Honorable

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Edward F. Holland, Sr.; 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 Mrs. Eleanor Q. Holland and Family.

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