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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 THE HONORABLE MARGUERITE

J. BUMPUS, PH.D

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Kennedy, Price, McNamara, and Jacquard

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

Honorable Marguerite J. “Marge” Bumpus, Ph.D, of Carolina, Rhode Island, on February 18,

2019. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Curtis F. Bumpus; and

     WHEREAS, Marguerite Bumpus was born in Orange, Massachusetts on December 30,

1928, the daughter of the late Axel and Ann Johnson. She had an exemplary professional career

as an educator, first as an elementary school teacher and later as a professor at the University of

Rhode Island and as the Acting Vice President of URI. During her tenure at URI, she served on

the Faculty Senate and was the former Chair of the Board on Student Conduct. She also served as

the Chair of the Department of Education. After she retired from teaching, she served as the

Interim Vice President of Student Development; and

     WHEREAS, In 1994, Marguerite Bumpus was elected to the Rhode Island House of

Representatives from District 52 as a Democrat and represented the citizens of Richmond, Exeter

and West Greenwich with honor, integrity and tireless devotion from 1995 to 1997; and

     WHEREAS, Marguerite Bumpus earned numerous prestigious awards in honor of her

long and distinguished record as an educator and public servant, including the URI Foundation’s

“Teaching Excellence Award”. She also was awarded an endowed Literacy Scholarship; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to being an award-winning educator and an elected public

servant, Marguerite Bumpus was also a published author, real estate agent, literacy volunteer, an

accomplished international speaker, a licensed pilot, holder of a CDL truck drivers’ and a

chauffeurs’ license, and was a devoted mother to five children. Her love for her family and

friends, her public service to the State of Rhode Island and to literacy volunteerism, and her

ability to excel at so many different things will be long remembered by all who knew her and

loved and admired her; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Marguerite J. Bumpus leaves behind her children, Brenda

LaFazia and her husband, Tom, Barry Bumpus and his fiancée, Tomoe, Brent and his wife, Jinky,

and Bruce and his wife, Ginger. She also leaves behind twelve grandchildren and seventeen great-

grandchildren. She also leaves a sister, Nancy Chiasson. She was predeceased by a son, Brian,

and a grandson, Benjamin; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its sincerest condolences on the passing of the

Honorable Marguerite J. Bumpus, Ph.D; 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 Brenda LaFazia, Barry Bumpus, Brent Bumpus,

and Bruce Bumpus.

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