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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF WESTON G.

WICKLUND

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Nesselbush, and Tassoni

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2012

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Weston

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G. Wicklund, a resident and well-respected citizen of the Village of Chepachet; and

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     WHEREAS, The son of the late Milton and Mildred (Burdick) Wicklund, Weston was

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the beloved husband of Mary L. Wicklund, the loving father of Linda M. Schilling and her

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husband, Fred, and Sandra M. Wicklund; the brother of Clark Wicklund, Regina Diman, the late

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Milton Wicklund, Jr., and Hope Scott. Weston was the proud grandfather of Michael Schilling,

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Robert Prando, and Meghan Schilling; and

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     WHEREAS, A proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Weston served his country with

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honor and integrity during the Korean War and will be interred with full military honors; and

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     WHEREAS, A loyal employee and industrious member of the Greatest Generation,

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Weston was employed as a manager with the Canteen Corporation for 35 years, worked for Coca-

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Cola in West Greenwich for 10 years and had been employed with RI Fruit and Syrup for the past

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5 years; and

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     WHEREAS, A devoted husband and hard worker, Weston’s life and achievements will

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live on for many years to come in the memories of everyone fortunate enough to have been

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touched by the quality of this remarkable gentleman; and

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     WHEREAS, Even though we are diminished by this loss and mourn the passing of

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Weston, so must we celebrate the spirit, generosity, and courage with which he lived every day of

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his life; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses our deepest condolences on the passing of Weston G. Wicklund; and be it

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further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mary L. Wicklund.

     

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