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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROSE ALAHVERDIAN

     Introduced By: Representatives Price, Filippi, Shekarchi, Kazarian, and Solomon

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Rose Alahverdian of Cranston and Narragansett, passed away on January

25, 2019, surrounded by her adoring family. She was the loving wife of the late Harry

Alahverdian; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Alahverdian was born in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, the daughter of

the late Haigaz and Aznive Shenian. She was a High Honor graduate of Northbridge High School

in 1942 and was formerly employed by Whitin Machine Works and the Providence Base Plant-

Division of the General Electric Company; and

     WHEREAS, Rose Alahverdian was a woman of strong faith. She was a devoted

communicant of Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church in Providence. She was also very

active in community and civic affairs and had been a past member of the Cranston School PTA,

Cranston Senior Citizens, and was a past member of the National Association of Retired Federal

Employees; and

     WHEREAS, Rose Alahverdian is survived by her children, Lisa Johnson and her

husband, Clifton, and Harry Alahverdian and his wife, Karen, and her grandson, Haigez

Alahverdian, and her sister Agnes Muradian. She also leaves behind her niece, Alice McMasters,

sisters-in-law, Joyce and Margaret Shenian, and many nephews, nieces, great-nephew and great-

nieces. She was the sister of the late Lillian Ballard and her husband, Herve, Dr. Popkin Shenian,

and Kenneth G. Shenian, and the sister-in-law of the late Oscar Muradian, and the aunt of the late

Edward Alemian and Susan Shenian; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its condolences to the Alahverdian Family on the

passing of Rose Alahverdian; 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 Lisa A. Johnson and Harry Alahverdian.

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