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H7834 • 2026
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES
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HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES
H7834 2026 -- H 7834 ======== LC005170 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ 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: February 26, 2026 Referred To: House read and passed 1 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has learned with sorrow of the unfortunate 2 passing of: 3 Joseph Thomas Gendice Speaker Shekarchi 4 Shirley Frances Seguin Speaker Shekarchi 5 Rosemary A. Kelly Speaker Shekarchi 6 Winfred M. Fay Speaker Shekarchi 7 Laurane Petrarca Speaker Shekarchi 8 Emilie Lambert Representative McEntee 9 Ryan J. Boisvert Representative McEntee 10 Hope Elizabeth Benn Representative Kennedy 11 John Pappadia Jr. Representative Kennedy 12 Robert Provost Representative Shallcross Smith 13 Ernest J. Tutalo Speaker Shekarchi 14 Walter C. Larmie Representative McEntee 15 Jean Helen Carpenter Representatives Chippendale & Roberts 16 Claire Lee Schofield Representative Costantino 17 Frank J. Micale Representative Costantino 18 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the 19 State of Rhode Island extends its sincerest condolences and expression of sympathy to the 20 bereaved; and be it further 1 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 2 transmit a properly inscribed memorial to the bereaved. ======== LC005170 ======== LC005170 - Page 2 of 2