2023 -- S 0693

========

LC002664

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

____________

S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF BETTY JANE PERCIVAL

     Introduced By: Senator Mark P. McKenney

     Date Introduced: March 22, 2023

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Betty

Jane Percival of Warwick, the devoted wife of the late Robert Irving Percival; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Percival was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of the late Harry and

Dorothy Allen. She moved to Rhode Island as a child and graduated from Gorton High School,

where she met the love of her life, her late husband, Robert. They were married in 1949; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Percival worked briefly as a typist before deciding to focus her life on

being a mother and wife. She created a warm and nurturing home for her loved ones and was

always the center of family life for the Percivals; and

     WHEREAS, As she got older, Mrs. Percival embraced her role as grandmother “Nannie”

to her cherished grandchildren and as the matriarch of the family. She adored spending time with

her grandchildren and never missed an important event or milestone in their lives; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Percival was a woman of deep Christian faith. She was a longtime

member of the Warwick Central Baptist Church in Apponaug, and also served with distinction on

the Board of Christian Education and the Board of Deacons. Mrs. Percival was blessed to have

many friends and enjoyed travelling the world with her husband and spending several winters in

Florida. She was an accomplished golfer and played in leagues at both the former Woodland

Greens and Seaview Golf Clubs; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Percival leaves behind her children, Darryl Percival and his wife,

Kathleen, Keith Percival, and Janis Constantine and her husband, Michael, and her grandchildren

Carra Beth Baptista and her husband, Peter, Alexis Percival Slovick and her husband, David,

Jonathan Constantine and his wife, Chelsea, and Dean Percival. She was the sister of the late

Virginia Meyer, Elaine Bak, and Richard Allen; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby expresses its deepest

condolences on the passing of Betty Jane Percival; 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 Darryl Percival and Family, Keith Percival, and

Janis Constantine and Family.

========

LC002664

========

LC002664 - Page 2 of 2