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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 PATRICIA ANN MILLAR

     Introduced By: Representatives Price, Kennedy, Shekarchi, Quattrocchi, and Mattiello

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Patricia Ann Millar of Richmond passed away on April 14, 2019. She was

the loving wife of Richard Ira Millar for sixty years, and a devoted daughter of the late Earl and

Eleanor Creveling Smith; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Millar married her husband, Richard, as a young adult and devoted

much of her time creating a warm, caring and nurturing home for her husband and four children.

During that time, she also attended the University of Rhode Island and earned an undergraduate

degree in home economics. She later went on to attain a Master’s degree; and

     WHEREAS, When her children were grown, Mrs. Millar started her “second career” as a

Cooperative Extension home economist. Initially, she provided training and guidance in food and

nutrition, home health, and clothing care. When she retired in 1994, she was teaching women

how to start and run their own businesses, and publishing research articles on how to develop the

right effective cooperative extension programs for a changing demographic; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Mrs. Millar devoted much of her free time in service to

her community. She provided numerous hours in support of the Richmond Historical Society, the

Richmond Grange, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church Women, the Arbutus Garden Club, and the

Clark Memorial Library. She also enjoyed many hobbies including sewing, rug hooking, quilting,

cooking, gardening and cross-stitching Christmas stockings for her grandchildren, and loved

travelling with her husband. Together, they had explored the globe and visited every continent

except Antarctica; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her husband, Mrs. Millar leaves behind her children, Dana

Millar and his wife, Gwynne, Narda Butler and her husband, Jay, Leah Arsenault and her

husband, Joe, and Lorna Persson and her husband, Steven. She is also survived by her

grandchildren, Jessica and her husband, Daniel, Zan, Ali, Becky, Vanya, Courtney, Chelsea,

Kayleigh, Caleb, Pelle, Karly and her spouse, Ryan, Solveig and Cameron, and her great-

grandchildren Reuben, Benji, Evie, and Felix; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Millar was a loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, and friend

too many. She was also a distinguished professional who helped many women successfully make

the transition from home to workplace. Her passing is a grievous loss but she will live on in the

hearts of all who knew and loved her; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its condolences on the passing of Patricia Ann Millar;

and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Richard Ira Millar and Family.

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