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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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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 GLORIA ANN JOBIN

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Sheehan, and Hodgson

     Date Introduced: January 22, 2013

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, It is with profound sadness that we have learned of the passing of Gloria

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Ann Jobin, a woman who was deeply devoted to her family and friends. She was the beloved wife

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of the late Alvin H. Jobin. Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for her three

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daughters, Susan and her husband, Carl Sjogren, Gail and her husband, Jeffrey Gimborys, and

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Donna and her husband, Stephen Dyer; two adoring grandchildren, Mason Mitchell and Emma

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Dyer; and three beautiful step-granddaughters, Andrea Sjogren, and Hadley and Lydia Gimborys;

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and

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     WHEREAS, Gloria was also the sister of Carol Hughes, Sharon Thibodeau, and Deborah

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Reilly. She was preceded in death by her siblings Ernest, George, Robert, and Donald Hunold and

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by her step-grand daughter, Erica Sjogren; and

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     WHEREAS, Gloria was born in 1930 in Warwick, Rhode Island, to her proud parents,

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the late Ernest and Alice (Legg) Hunold; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to being a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, Gloria

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worked for many years in the East Greenwich School Department as a teacher assistant and front

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office secretary. Prior to working within the School Department, she worked for several years as

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an office secretary for the Greenwich Club. Most recently, Gloria worked as a part-time employee

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of Fiore Realty/Village at Wordens Pond in Wakefield; and

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     WHEREAS, A deeply faith-filled woman, Gloria was a member of St. Francis of Assisi

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Parish in Wakefield, Rhode Island, and a previous member of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in East

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Greenwich, Rhode Island. She contributed to parish life as a PTA president of Our Lady of Mercy

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Catholic School and as a Eucharistic minister at St. Romuald Catholic Chapel in Matunuck, and

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volunteerd on many parish committees. Gloria was also a volunteer for twenty-four years at

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South County Hospital; and

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     WHEREAS, Gloria’s passion for the theatre arts led her to the stage. She was a long-time

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member of the Academy Players in East Greenwich, where she performed in numerous

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productions, as well as helped direct and produce. She also appeared on stage and in after-show

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cabaret for many seasons at Theatre-by-the-Sea in Matunuck; and

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     WHEREAS, Even though we are diminished by this loss and mourn Gloria’s passing, so,

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too, must we celebrate the spirit, generosity, and courage with which she lived every day of her

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life; and

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     WHEREAS, A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Gloria Ann Jobin

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will 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 woman; 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 sympathy to the entire Jobin family on the passing of Gloria. She

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enriched the lives of all who knew her and will be dearly missed; and be it 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 duly certified copies of this resolution to Susan Sjogren, Gail Gimborys, and Donna

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Dyer.

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