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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF FORMER RHODE ISLAND STATE

SENATOR, THE HONORABLE EDWARD F. HOLLAND, SR.

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Tanzi, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with sadness and regret that this House has learned of the passing of the

Honorable Edward F. Holland, Sr., a resident of the City of Cranston and formerly from the

Village of Matunuck, and a respected former member of the Rhode Island Senate; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Edward Holland was a son of the late Edward and

Wilhelmina Holland and the brother of Patricia North, Mary Jane Lovett, Brian Holland and

Kathy Roberts of Chepachet; and

     WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Mr. Holland was the beloved husband of Eleanor Q.

Holland, the loving father of Cynthia Holland Matarese, Edward F. Holland, Jr., Stephen P.

Holland, and step-father of Raymond Quirk, James Quirk, and Caroline Gorham. He was also the

proud grandfather of eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; and

     WHEREAS, A conscientious and hard-working man, Edward Holland had been

employed as a cartographer for Defensive Mapping Agency for thirty-seven years before his

retirement; and

     WHEREAS, A valued member of the Rhode Island Senate, the Honorable Edward

Holland was elected in November of 1994, as a Rhode Island State Senator for District 6, which

encompassed neighborhoods in South Kingstown and Block Island. He served his constituency

from January of 1995 through 1996; and

     WHEREAS, Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for Edward

Holland's family. He was a loving husband, a devoted father, and a distinguished former public

servant and he will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby offers its sincere condolences on the passing of the Honorable

Edward F. Holland, Sr.; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Eleanor Q. Holland and Family.

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