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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING LAURENT E. GENDRON ON THE MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF HIS 90TH

BIRTHDAY

     Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Morin, Casey, and Marcello

     Date Introduced: March 24, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Laurent E. Gendron, affectionately known as "Ed" by his close family and

"Larry" by his many friends, was born nine decades ago on April 11, 1926. It was a time when

teaching the theory of evolution was still banned in many southern states, the very first talking

movie premiered in New York, and a loaf of bread cost only 7¢: and

     WHEREAS, Born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, Mr. Gendron is the son of the late

Eugene and Blanche Gendron. As a young child, his family moved to Woonsocket, and in 1944,

he enlisted in the United States Army. He was deployed to Germany during World War II, where

he saw action as an infantryman, including the infamous crossing of the Rhine River. He was

honorably discharged in 1946, at the rank of Sergeant and returned home to Woonsocket; and

     WHEREAS, A few years later, Mr. Gendron met and married the love of his life, Janet,

and for the past sixty-six years, the couple has made a wonderful life. Together they have

nurtured a large and loving family including seven children, Barbara Ducharme and her husband,

Robert, John Gendron and his wife, Linda, Dolores Ducharme and her husband, the late Ronald

Ducharme, Patricia Girard and her husband, the late Daniel Girard, Kevin Gendron and his wife,

Angela Warren Chaney, Daniel Gendron and his wife, Ann Marie, and Maureen Gendron; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Gendron have been blessed with eight

grandchildren, Kathleen Miller and her husband, Erik, Timothy Girard and his wife, Krista,

Pamela Dunn and her husband Eli, Stephanie Girard, Andrew Gendron, Abigail Gendron, Nathan

Gendron, and Victoria Gendron, and two beautiful great-grandchildren, Charlie Rae Dunn and

Eero Gale; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Gendron has always been a hardworking man who has provided well

for his family. He retired from Eastland Bank in 1991, and now enjoys the good life with his

family, as well as finding time to devote to his lifelong hobby as an avid amateur photographer;

and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Gendron's life has spanned nine remarkable decades, and over the

course of those years, he has indelibly impacted the lives of so many people with his wealth of

knowledge, his spirit and his exuberance for life; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby joins the family and many friends of Larry Gendron in honoring

him on the joyous occasion of his 90th Birthday. We moreover wish him good health, great

success and much happiness for many years to come; 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 Mr. Laurent E. Gendron.

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