2019 -- H 5812

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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 SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF GAIL B. COOK

     Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Shekarchi, Shanley, Solomon, and
McNamara

     Date Introduced: March 06, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Gail B.

Cook, the beloved wife of the late Donald "Cookie" Cook, and cherished mother of Michael R.

Cook, Debra Cook Bujnovsky and her husband, John, Daniel P. Cook and his wife, Elise, and

Rebecca A. Cook Leveillee and her husband, Merrill; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Mrs. Cook was the loving daughter of the late Olen and

Stella Parker, and the sister of Jerome Parker, Gwin Rosati, and the late Olen Parker, Jean Allen,

and Lois Howard; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Cook was blessed with a large and loving family and many friends.

She doted on her loved ones, and was particularly proud of her eight grandchildren and six great-

grandchildren; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to making a wonderful home for her family, Mrs. Cook served

the people of Warwick under three Mayors. She was secretary to Mayor Philip W. Noel in

Warwick, and continued to serve him as his secretary when he became the Governor of Rhode

Island. In 1997, she returned to Warwick City Hall, where she served as secretary to Mayor

Joseph W. Walsh, and subsequently to Mayor Francis X. Flaherty; and

     WHEREAS, In 1990, Mrs. Cook transferred to the Tax Collector's Office, retiring

thirteen years later in 2003; and

     WHEREAS, There is no doubt that Gail Cook, a loving wife, mother, grandmother,

great-grandmother and friend to many, 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 House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Gail B. Cook;

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 Michael Cook, Debra Cook Bujnovsky, Daniel

Cook, and Rebecca Cook Leveillee.

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