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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROSE ANN OATES

     Introduced By: Senators Archambault, P Fogarty, Goodwin, Ruggerio, and Paiva Weed

     Date Introduced: January 27, 2016

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

Ann Oates, beloved wife of the late Thomas F. Oates, Jr., who had been her childhood

sweetheart, and loving mother of Pamela Lang, RN, and her husband, Thomas Lang, MD,

Commander Thomas F. Oates, III, PPD, and his wife, Laurie, John J. Oates and his wife, Karen,

Terrence P. Oates and his wife, Kelly, Kevin M. Oates and his companion, Margaret Foster, and

Christopher D. Oates and his wife, Maria; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Chepachet, Rose Ann Oates was a daughter of the late Sidney and

Helen Bertherman, and the sister of Catherine Bagwell, Clair Bailey, and the late Sidney

Bertherman, Helen Bertherman and Jennivive Whelan. She was a graduate of Saint Xavier

Academy and Emmanuel College; and

     WHEREAS, Rose Ann's loving personality created and nurtured a marriage that

flourished, and a home that was warm and welcoming. She was a resident of Greenville but had

also spent part of the year at her home in Delray Beach in Florida. She was the very proud and

doting "Nana" of nineteen loving grandchildren, one of whom is our friend and colleague,

Brenden Oates, and was also blessed with nine beautiful great-grandchildren; and

     WHEREAS, Rose Ann had been the kind of mother and nana that every child needs and

deserves. She loved nothing more than preparing Sunday dinner for the whole family and

watching the children frolic in her pool. She often listened to the scanner with the children,

followed by a ride to anything exciting happening around town, and there were many, many

special outings with the children to shop for school clothes or visit such fun places as Fantasy

Land; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to making a home for her family, Rose Ann and her husband,

Tom, had been the owners of Oates Tavern on Douglas Avenue in North Providence, for many

years. Before retiring, she had also been employed with the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, There is no doubt that Rose Ann Oates, a kind and gracious lady, left an

indelible mark on the lives of those she knew and loved, 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 Rose Ann Oates; 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 Pamela Lang, RN, Commander Thomas F.

Oates, III, PPD, John J. Oates, Terrence P. Oates, Kevin M. Oates, Christopher D. Oates, and

Brenden Oates.

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