HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

Introduced By:
Representatives Blazejewski, and Chippendale

Date Introduced:
January 20, 2026

Referred To:
House read and passed
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WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has learned with sorrow of the unfortunate
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passing of:
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Anne Pepper Representative Costantino
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Josephine B. Finnegan Speaker Shekarchi
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Leona “Lynn” Roy Representative Place
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Loretta C. Prosser Speaker Shekarchi
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Sandra Cuddy Representative McNamara
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Robert Rounds Representative Shallcross Smith
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Shane D. Gibbons Representative Cruz
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Nicholas Cardillo Representative Lombardi
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Frank DeLuca Speaker Shekarchi
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Marta Mimmi D’Alessandro Speaker Shekarchi
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James P. Keenan Representative Newberry
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Jacqueline D. Cournoyer Representative Newberry
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Henry P. Lamontagne Representative Newberry
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Stephen Eagan Speaker Shekarchi
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Donald F. Armstrong Jr. Speaker Shekarchi
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Gale Ann Thurston Speaker Shekarchi
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Joan A. Labossiere Speaker Shekarchi
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Lynn Irene Washington Speaker Shekarchi

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Anne F. Velis Speaker Shekarchi
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Jean L. Medeiros Speaker Shekarchi
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David A. Ray Speaker Shekarchi
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Carl Frederick Corbett, IV Speaker Shekarchi
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John J. Perry, Sr. Representative Newberry
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Betty-Lou Quagan Speaker Shekarchi
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Giovanni R. Coletta Speaker Shekarchi
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Carolann Zelano Speaker Shekarchi
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Patricia A. Pollock Speaker Shekarchi
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Ann E. Gavin Speaker Shekarchi
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Roger B. Oliver, Sr. Speaker Shekarchi
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Walter B. Kelly Speaker Shekarchi
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Dansis Maria Teresa Acevedo-Alemán Representative Diaz
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Catherine “Anne” Cerroni Representative Costantino
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Michael Hugh Southern Representative Kennedy
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Dan Noel Scavage Representative McEntee
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Marilyn and Dr. Peter Quesenberry Representative Fellela
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Abdullah Lobe Representative Fellela
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Daniel Frank Gould, III Representative Biah
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Debra A. Connolly Representative Fellela
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Gaetano A. “Grey” Gravino, Jr. Speaker Shekarchi
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Rosa Giarrusso Republican Caucus
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Patricia “Tricia” Ribeiro Representative Noret
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Gerald “Gerry” Kortick Representative Noret
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the
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State of Rhode Island extends its sincerest condolences and expression of sympathy to the
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bereaved; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to
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transmit a properly inscribed memorial to the bereaved.
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