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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 SINCERE

CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF

DONALD W. MILLER

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, Sheehan, Felag, Algiere, and Kettle

     Date Introduced: May 16, 2013

     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 Donald

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W. Miller, a man who was deeply devoted to his family. Born sixty-nine years ago in Pawtucket

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to the late Harold J. Miller, Sr., and Edelia A. (Marini), Donald was the beloved companion of

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Susan Lareau; and

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     WHEREAS, Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for his family. We

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grieve with his children, Kendra L. Miller and Tyler Nugent Miller, his siblings, Edward M.

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Miller, Harold J. Miller, Jr., Dorothy C. Barrett, and Carolyn A. Albright, and his uncle, Edward

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Miller; and

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     WHEREAS, Over the years, Mr. Miller worked deliberately to improve his community,

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his state, and his nation. Donald served honorably for twenty-five years in the Rhode Island State

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Police as a Lieutenant before he retired in 1991. He was also a Vietnam Navy veteran; and

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     WHEREAS, Donald was passionately devoted to the New York Yankees and New York

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Giants. He also enjoyed golfing with his friends at various courses throughout Rhode Island; and

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

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Donald, 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 sympathy to the family and many friends of Donald W. Miller. He

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will be truly missed; 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 Kendra L. Miller, Tyler Nugent Miller, and

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Susan Lareau.

     

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