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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 | |
JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF MARY V. GOES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McLaughlin, Mattiello, Shekarchi, and Tanzi | |
Date Introduced: January 28, 2020 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, Mary V. Goes was born ten decades ago on January 29, 1920. The "Roaring |
2 | Twenties" were an age of dramatic social and political change in our country. Women were |
3 | finally given the right to vote and a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, |
4 | transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages began; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Mary Nobrega was born, raised, and spent most of her life in the City of |
6 | Central Falls. As a young woman, she met and married Manuel Goes, to whom she was married |
7 | for fifty-two wonderful years, until his passing; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Mary was blessed with four children, Anthony, Bella-Marie, Mario, and |
9 | Joseph, and delighted to become a grandmother with the birth of her beloved grandson, Anthony, |
10 | and ultimately, her great-granddaughter, Lillian Claire; and |
11 | WHEREAS, For more than thirty years, Mrs. Goes worked in a family-owned laundry |
12 | business but her true passion and fulfilment always came from making a warm and welcoming |
13 | home for her family and raising her children; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Currently, Mrs. Goes resides at the Grandview Center, a nursing facility in |
15 | the Town of Cumberland; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Mary Goes' wealth of knowledge, amazing grace, and gentle spirit has |
17 | enriched the lives of those around her and we are honored to join in the joyous celebration of her |
18 | 100th Birthday; now, therefore be it |
19 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
20 | Providence Plantations hereby joins the family and friends of Mary V. Goes in wishing her a very |
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1 | happy 100th Birthday. We moreover wish her good health, peace of mind, and overwhelming |
2 | happiness for many years to come; and be it further |
3 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
4 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Mary V. Goes. |
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