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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF PAULA MARIE

MORRONE

     Introduced By: Senators Algiere, Ruggerio, Paolino, de la Cruz, and Rogers

     Date Introduced: March 11, 2020

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

Marie Morrone, beloved wife of A. Vero Morrone for fifty-three years, and the devoted mother of

Aaron and his wife, Nancy, Kevin and his wife, Michelle, Susan and her husband, Edward, Bryan

and his wife, Antonietta, Steven, and Britton and his wife, Tami; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Morrone was the daughter of the late Gerald and Winifred Foberg, the

sister of James, Pamela, Susan, Donald, and the late Linda Schackner, the daughter-in-law of the

late Vero and Helen Morrone, and the mother-in-law of Brenda, James, Bud, and Gloria; and

     WHEREAS, Having grown up in Stonington, Connecticut, Mrs. Morrone was a graduate

of Stonington High School, where she had been the recipient of the Daughters of the American

Revolution Award, and very active as captain of the cheerleading squad, basketball team,

badminton team, and twirling team. During her senior year in high school, she had met Vero,

who became the love of her life; and

     WHEREAS, A long-time and well-respected member of the Town of Westerly, Mrs.

Morrone was a volunteer for Red Cross, a member of the Westerly Yacht Club and Calabrese

Society, and enjoyed Bridge and Pitch leagues. She was dedicated to her faith and the Blessed

Virgin Mary. She attended church mass daily, and volunteered as a Eucharistic Minister to the

sick, and prayed the Rosary with her prayer group of thirty years; and

     WHEREAS, With a kind and loving personality, Mrs. Morrone created and nurtured a

marriage that flourished and a home that was warm and welcoming. She doted on her family and

was especially proud to be "Nana" to her fourteen grandchildren, Andrea, Julianna, Alisa,

Matthew, Emily, Benjamin, Caitlin, Marcus, Jack, Sydney, Aidan, Drew, Max, and Nico. She

enthusiastically attended her grandchildren's sporting events, and was always their biggest fan.

She and her husband had also shared a very special relationship with their "seventh child,

Serena"; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Morrone was an eternal optimist who had a wonderful sense of humor,

a warm smile, a kind and caring heart, and a humble character. She made a tremendous impact

on the lives of so many people and she will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses its deepest sympathies on the passing of Paula Marie Morrone; 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 A. Vero Morrone and Family.

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