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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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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 RHONDA FORTIN

     Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Knight, Shekarchi, Blazejewski,
Chippendale, Kennedy, Fellela, Ajello, Azzinaro, and Cortvriend

     Date Introduced: January 26, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

Fortin. She was born in Fall River, the daughter of William and Vivien Fortin; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Fortin graduated from Warren High School, and earned an Associate’s

degree in accounting from the former Barrington College. She was a hard-working woman who

tirelessly strove to provide for her family and loved ones. She was employed by the Town of

Warren for more than 15 years, and also served as a secretary for numerous town boards and

commissions. She was an enterprising woman and talented seamstress and baker, and for a time,

owned her own cake business, Elegance by Rhonda; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Fortin devoted much of her life supporting civic and charitable

endeavors. For many years she volunteered in support of numerous Bristol-Warren Regional

School District functions, including serving on the PTA, as a teacher’s aide and participating in a

plethora of school programs and clubs. She also organized the Cancer Pillow Project at

Kickemuit Middle School, where pillows were sewn for students to decorate for chemotherapy

patients; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Fortin’s community service activities also included serving meals to

veterans each Thanksgiving and supporting countless local fundraisers and charities. Ms. Fortin

was a true patriot who proudly displayed her support of our nation and military members,

especially her sons Jarret and Jevin; and

     WHEREAS, A devoted mother who always put family first in her life, Ms. Fortin was

also a dedicated Christian who was actively involved in her parish, where she sang in the St.

Mary of the Bay and former St. Jean’s choir before joining the St. Luke’s choir; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Fortin leaves behind her children, Joseph Fortin and his wife, Nicole,

Riana France and her husband, Jameson, Jarrett Fortin and his wife, Raizza, and Jevin Fortin and

his fiancée, Alexis Franco. She also leaves behind her granddaughter, Ravyn Lily Fortin, sister,

Tiffany Quiterio and her husband, Dylan, and many uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and friends;

now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences to the Fortin Family on the passing of Rhonda Fortin, and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Joseph Fortin, Riana France, Jarrett Fortin and

Jevin Fortin.

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