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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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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 MR. FRANCIS P. O'DONNELL | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, Jacquard, Noret, and Hawkins | |
Date Introduced: January 15, 2020 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, Francis P. O'Donnell passed away on December 9, 2019. He was the |
2 | beloved husband of the late Kathryne M. O'Donnell for fifty-eight years; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Mr. O'Donnell was born in Providence, the son of the late Joseph and Mary |
4 | O'Donnell. A 1943 graduate of La Salle Academy and a member of the football team, Mr. |
5 | O'Donnell went on to attend Providence College, where he graduated in 1946 with a degree in |
6 | accounting. He then proceeded to embark on a highly successful and distinguished career as a |
7 | Public Accountant for sixty years during which he owned his own business, and worked for the |
8 | Rhode Island Division of Taxation with integrity and distinction for twenty years; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Mr. O'Donnell was devoted to his Catholic faith and devoted much of his |
10 | life in service to others. He was a Church Lector, Eucharistic Minister and Choir Member for |
11 | numerous churches including Blessed Sacrament Church in Providence, St. Maria Goretti in |
12 | Pawtucket, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Providence, and St. Thomas More and St. Veronica's in |
13 | Narragansett. Mr. O'Donnell also ministered to the sick and needy members of the community |
14 | through his work at Roger Williams Hospital and carved turkeys every Thanksgiving and |
15 | Christmas at St. Patrick's Church in Providence for many years; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Mr. O'Donnell was a devoted and loving son, husband, father, grandfather |
17 | and friend who always put his family and faith first in his life. He made his community a better |
18 | place in which to live and will long be remembered by all who knew and loved him for his |
19 | kindness and many acts of charity; and |
20 | WHEREAS, Mr. O'Donnell leaves behind his six children, Frank O'Donnell and his wife, |
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1 | Karen, Maureen Pinksaw and her husband, John, James O'Donnell, Esq., and his wife, Lucille, |
2 | Retired State Police Colonel Steven O'Donnell and his wife, Holly, Thomas O'Donnell and his |
3 | wife, Katherine, and Kathleen O'Donnell-White and her husband, William. Mr. O'Donnell also |
4 | leaves behind his sixteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild, Jessica, Elyse, Caitlin, Meghan, |
5 | Kayla, Conor, Cody, Patrick, Kelsey, Brady, Keri, Christopher, Ryan, Dylan, Charlie, Molly and |
6 | Mya. Mr. O'Donnell was also the brother of Anne Galvin and the late Joseph A. O'Donnell, Jr.; |
7 | now, therefore be it |
8 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
9 | Providence Plantations hereby expresses its condolences on the passing of Mr. Francis P. |
10 | O’Donnell; and be it further |
11 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
12 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Frank O'Donnell, Maureen Pinksaw, James |
13 | O'Donnell, Esq., Retired State Police Colonel Steven O'Donnell, Thomas O'Donnell, Kathleen |
14 | O'Donnell-White. |
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