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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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always the center of family life for the Percivals; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Greens and Seaview Golf Clubs; and

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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condolences on the passing of Betty Jane Percival; and be it further

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

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Darryl Percival and Family, Keith Percival, and

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Janis Constantine and Family.

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