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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 CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHARLOTTE RICHARDSON

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, Algiere, Ruggerio, Goodwin, and Metts

     Date Introduced: March 31, 2016

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

Charlotte Richardson, the beloved wife of Victor C. Richardson for sixty-eight years, and a well-

respected resident of the Town of Jamestown; and

     WHEREAS, Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Charlotte Richardson was the

daughter of the late Charles and Mary Smith, and the sister of three brothers, Albert Smith,

Charles Smith, and the late James Smith; and

     WHEREAS, Charlotte Richardson's warm personality created and nurtured a marriage

that flourished, and a home that was warm and welcoming. She doted on her four daughters and

her sons-in-law, Karen Richardson, Gaelyn Bunker and her husband, Wayne, Kim Whittenhall

and her husband, Wayne, and Pam Jarret; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Richardson was the kind of grandmother that every child needs and

deserves. She loved spending time and enjoyed painting and reading to grandchildren, Jennelle

Goodburn and her husband, David, Marisa Grondin and her husband Jimi, Lucien Jarret and his

wife, Kim, and Elena Hughes and her husband, Steve, and her nine great-grandchildren. She also

enjoyed playing the piano and accordion, particularly for the summer Conanicut Yacht Club

Youth Group and for the residents of the Forest Farm Nursing Home; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her family life, Mrs. Richardson had been employed as an

expert bookkeeper in Providence and later with New Visions in Newport. She subsequently

retired as the Executive Director of the Jamestown Senior Center after twenty-two years of

service; and

     WHEREAS, Always very active in the community, Mrs. Richardson was the first

Republican woman elected to the Jamestown Town Council, where she served her constituency

for many years. She was also a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Business

and Professional Women's Association, Jamestown Chapter, and was a member and served on the

board of the Conanicut Grange and Pomona Grange, and was a member and served as secretary

of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association; and

     WHEREAS, Charlotte Richardson was the beloved matriarch of her family and an

esteemed member of the community. She enriched the lives of all who had the good fortune to

have known her, 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 Charlotte Richardson; 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 Karen Richardson, Gaelyn and Wayne Bunker

and Family, Kim and Wayne Whittenhall and Family, and Pam Jarret.

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