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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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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 THE REV. DR. MURRAY

SCOTT BLACKADAR

     Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, Shekarchi, Ajello, Filippi, Kennedy,
Bennett, Fogarty, C Lima, Serpa, and Casey

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with sadness that this House has learned of the passing of the Reverend

Doctor Murray Scott Blackadar, husband of sixty-two years to his beloved wife and partner,

Judith Vixseboxse Blackadar, devoted father of Andy Blackadar and his wife, Laura Sadovnikoff,

Lisa Blackadar and her husband , Stephen Byars, and Jay Blackadar, and the very proud and

doting grandfather of Adrian Blackadar, Natasha Blackadar (Viktor Gavrielov), Grace Byars,

Niall Blackadar, and Benjamin Byars; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Murray Blackadar was the son of the late

Roland and Frances Blackadar and the brother of Marjorie Elizabeth Belanger. In his teens, he

knew that becoming a Presbyterian minister was his calling. In preparation for his future service,

he attended the College of Wooster and McCormick Theological Seminary, and became a

minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA); and

     WHEREAS, From 1961 through 1998, Reverend Blackadar served a number of

congregations and churches across the United States including, the First Presbyterian Church in

Lynn, Massachusetts, the First Presbyterian Church in Levittown, New York, the First

Presbyterian Church in Stirling, New Jersey, and the Church of our Savior in West Bloomfield,

Michigan; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout his lifetime, Reverend Blackadar was devoted to the community

and "worked tirelessly and steadily for social justice and dignity for all people"; and

     WHEREAS, In 1999, the Reverend retired and relocated to Providence where he

continued his involvement in numerous altruistic endeavors including the Rhode Island

Organizing Project and advocating and assisting refugee families in assimilating to their new

lives; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his family and devotion to God and his fellow man, Reverend

Blackadar expressed his creativity designing and making rugs in his home, restoring furniture,

and growing beautiful roses. He loved to help family with various house projects, and enjoyed

traveling adventures with friends and his family; and

     WHEREAS, The Reverend Blackadar was blessed with a family whom he adored and

who returned his love tenfold and a calling that brought him joy and satisfaction, and truly made a

positive difference in many people's lives; now, therefore be it

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

extends deepest sympathy on the passing of the Reverend Doctor Murray Scott Blackadar; 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 Mrs. Judith Vixseboxse Blackadar and Family.

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