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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF FLYNN SULLIVAN

     Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Fogarty, Tanzi, Shekarchi, Blazejewski,
Craven, Shallcross Smith, Speakman, Fellela, and Donovan

     Date Introduced: May 04, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Flynn Sullivan, a 2019 graduate of Narragansett High School, made an

enormously positive impact in the life of his loved ones and on the wider community in his all too

short twenty years of life. He leaves behind a legacy of kindness, generosity and thoughtfulness

that was a joy to be around; and

     WHEREAS, Flynn was a talented young man with a future full of promise. He excelled

at tennis, cross country, and track & field in high school, and was a member of the National

Honor Society, Future Farmers of America, and the Narragansett Surfcasters. He continued his

education, taking classes at the Harvard Extension School and the University of Rhode Island,

while in the midst of bravely fighting cancer; and

     WHEREAS, Flynn, like most young men, had a wide array of interests and hobbies. He

enjoyed fishing, skiing, and hiking in the White Mountains, as well as travelling, playing golf,

photography, and attending Broadway shows. He especially delighted in the annual week he

spent on Frye Island on Sebago Lake with his extended family. He was also a food connoisseur

who had an incredible ability to recall almost all types of food and dining experiences. He also

might probably have held the record for most visits to Brickley’s Ice Cream; and

     WHEREAS, Flynn was a beloved figure in the community. He had an amazing ability to

form friendships with people of all ages and walks of life. Perhaps his eighth-grade teacher

summed up the virtuousness of his life best when she wrote to him and said “You have a way

about you -- thinking of others first and able to notice if someone could use a hand” and described

him as “a quality human being with the kind of spirit to go with it”; and

     WHEREAS, Flynn Sullivan leaves behind his parents, James and Elizabeth Sullivan, and

his siblings Mary Kate Sullivan and her fiancé Ryan Elliott, and Eily Flynn Sullivan. He also

leaves behind his grandmother, Mary Degnan Flynn, and his aunts and uncles, Joanne Lewando,

Bernie and Ann Flynn, John and Chrissy Flynn, Jim and Stacey Flynn, and Bob and Michelle

Flynn. He was predeceased by his grandparents Leo and Barbara Sullivan and Jack Flynn; and

     WHEREAS, To paraphrase Flynn Sullivan’s family, he was a beautiful gift and they

cherished every moment they had with him. His indomitable spirit and the boundless love he gave

to his loved ones and friends will be long-remembered by all who knew him; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Flynn Sullivan; 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 James and Elizabeth Sullivan and Family.

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