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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 KENNETH ALLEN | |
MAXWELL | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Filippi, Blazejewski, Serpa, Tanzi, Fogarty, J Lombardi, | |
Date Introduced: March 22, 2022 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, It is with deepest sympathy that this House has learned of the passing of |
2 | Kenneth Allen Maxwell, beloved husband of Arlene Tunney, father of Allen Maxwell and his |
3 | wife, Cathy, and Wendy Koke and her husband, John, and the very proud grandfather of Ben |
4 | Nelson, Kenneth Daniel Maxwell, Caitlin Hoffman, Rebecca Koke, Ben Koke, Mary Koke |
5 | Caillo, Andrew Koke, and Hannah Koke; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Born in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Maxwell was the son of Albert and Mary Rife |
7 | Maxwell. He grew up in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Tufts on an NROTC |
8 | scholarship. Upon graduation, he served in the United States Navy, where he flew helicopters and |
9 | was a search and rescue pilot. In addition, he was a flight instructor in Pensacola, and spent a |
10 | year in Iceland searching for Russian submarines as an ASW pilot, and received a Sikorsky āSā |
11 | for rescuing scientists from the newly emerged Surtsey volcano in Iceland; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Upon receiving an employment offer from American Airlines, Mr. Maxwell |
13 | retired at the rank of Commander, and became a Naval Reservist, serving for a time as the base |
14 | Commander at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. For nineteen years, he flew for American, |
15 | eventually retiring in order to spend more time with his family and enjoying life; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Mr. Maxwell and his wife were avid sailors who won many sailing awards |
17 | on their yacht the Last Drop. He also served as Chair of the Killingworth, Connecticut Inland |
18 | Wetlands Commission and was fundraising Chair for the construction of the Killingworth |
19 | Library, raising an amazing $1 million. In addition, he loved to garden, and sold his excess |
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1 | produce to benefit the Mary D. Fund; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Ken Maxwell was an accomplished man who served this country with honor |
3 | and was blessed with a large and loving family, an exciting career, and wonderful adventures |
4 | during his retirement years. He was cherished and admired and will be deeply missed by all who |
5 | knew him; now, therefore be |
6 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
7 | expresses its condolences on the passing of Kenneth Allen Maxwell; and be it further |
8 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
9 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Arlene Tunney and Family. |
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