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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

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE BRADY FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF

MARGARET H. BRADY

     Introduced By: Representatives Canario, Edwards, Reilly, Gallison, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: April 28, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Margaret "Peg" H. Brady was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 11,

1928. She was the daughter of the late F. Hamilton and Margaret V. Lane and sister of the late

Hamilton Lane, II. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1946 and from Emmanuel

College, Boston, in 1950, attaining a degree in English. She taught elementary grades in Taunton

and in the Aquidneck Island schools until she married John F. Brady in 1952, and moved to

Middletown, Rhode Island, where they raised four children; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Brady was a lover of outdoor sports her entire life. She enjoyed skiing,

swimming, playing tennis, and cruising and racing sailboats. She started the Newport Ski Club in

1955 with her husband and together they taught their four children and nine grandchildren how to

ski at the club lodge in Vermont. She was also a volunteer at the Newport Tennis Hall of Fame

for twenty-five years. She and her husband were also members of the Tiverton Yacht Club for

fifty years; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Brady was also a woman of faith who was devoted to her church and

to supporting various community charities. She and her husband were founding members of St.

Barnabas Church in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She taught in the Church's Religious Education

Program and, for many years, was its volunteer director. She was a daily communicant and was

an active member of the church's St. Vincent de Paul Society. She was also a member of the

Newport Hospital Auxiliary and chaired the Newport Hospital Ball and ran its horticultural

therapy program. Additionally, she was a member of the Portsmouth Glen Manor House

Authority for more than twenty-five years, participating in numerous fundraising and other

activities to support the restoration and preservation of the Glen Manor House; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Brady was famous for her delicious homemade "Nana cookies," and

for the treats she always mailed to her grandchildren for every holiday. She was also her

grandchildren's number one cheerleader and supporter at all of their extra-curricular activities.

Most importantly, Mrs. Brady was a loving wife, a devoted mother and grandmother, and a loyal

friend who was adored by all who knew her; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Brady leaves behind her husband of almost sixty-four years, John F.

Brady. She also leaves behind her children, Anne M. Brady and her partner, Kevin Oakes,

Kathleen T. Brady, Patricia M. Brady, and Mary Helene Chaplin and her husband, Todd. She was

the beloved grandmother of nine grandchildren, Kristen Romanelli and husband, David

Kociemba, Meghan Romanelli and wife, Karen Wollemborg, Mikaela Romanelli, Katharine

Wilhelm, Kiera Wilhelm, Abigail Wilhelm, Allison Chaplin, Melissa Chaplin, and Andrew

Chaplin; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby expresses our condolences to the Brady Family on the passing of

Margaret "Peg" H. Brady; 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 John F. Brady and Family.

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