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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARGARET M.

MCKNIGHT

     

     Introduced By: Senator Erin Lynch Prata

     Date Introduced: May 03, 2018

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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

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Margaret M. "Peggy" McKnight. Better known as "Sissy" to her family and many friends, she

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was the beloved wife of the late James L. McKnight, and the cherished mother of James

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McKnight, Jr. and his wife, Susan, Brian McKnight and his wife, Lynn, Kevin McKnight and his

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wife, Leslie, Kristen Bernardo and her husband, Eugene, and Shannon Shippee; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Mrs. McKnight was the daughter of the late Michael

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and Margaret Shields, and the sister of William Shields and his wife, Joan, and the late John and

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Michael Shields. She was a graduate of St. Mary Academy, Bay View; and

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     WHEREAS, Peggy McKnight’s loving personality created and nurtured a marriage that

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flourished, and a home that was warm and welcoming. She doted on her family, particularly her

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eleven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and her many nieces and nephews; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to her family life, Mrs. McKnight had been employed with the

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State of Rhode Island for many years before retiring from the Division of Fish and Wildlife; and

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     WHEREAS, A faithful parishioner, Mrs. McKnight was a communicant of Saint Thomas

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More Church in Narragansett. She also enjoyed her summers in Bonnet Shores; and

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     WHEREAS, Peggy McKnight's kind and generous nature will forever be indelibly

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imprinted on the lives and in the cherished memories of her entire family. She enriched the lives

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of all who had the good fortune to have known her and she will be dearly missed; now, therefore

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be it

 

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Margaret M. McKnight; and be it

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further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to James McKnight, Jr., Brian McKnight, Kevin

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McKnight, Kristen Bernardo, and Shannon Shippee.

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