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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE RICHARDSON FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF

CHARLOTTE S. RICHARDSON

     Introduced By: Representative Deborah L. Ruggiero

     Date Introduced: March 22, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Charlotte S. Richardson was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the

daughter of the late Charles and Mary Smith. She was the loving wife of Victor C. Richardson for

sixty-eight years; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Richardson worked professionally as an expert bookkeeper in

Providence and for New Visions in Newport. She later retired as the Executive Director of the

Jamestown Senior Center after twenty-two years of distinguished and devoted service; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Richardson also had an esteemed public service career. She was the

first Republican woman elected to the Jamestown Town Council and served her constituents for

multiple terms with integrity and exemplary service. She served as a member of the American

Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Business and Professional Women's Association, Jamestown

Chapter, and was a member and served on the Board of the Conanicut Grange and Pomona

Grange. She also was a member of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association and served as

secretary; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Richardson, in her free time, enjoyed painting and reading to her

grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also loved to play the piano and the accordion, and

took great pleasure in playing the piano for the summer Conanicut Yacht Club Youth Group, and

for the Forest Farm Nursing Home; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her husband, Victor, Mrs. Richardson leaves behind four

daughters, Karen Richardson, Gaelyn Bunker and her husband, Wayne, Kim Whittenhall and her

husband, Wayne, and Pam Jarret, and two brothers, Albert Smith, and Charles Smith. She also

leaves behind four grandchildren, Jennelle Goodburn and her husband, David, Marisa Grondin

and her husband, Jimi, Lucien Jarret and his wife, Kim, and Elena Hughes and her husband,

Steve. She was the sister of the late James Smith. She also leaves many nieces and nephews; now,

therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its condolences to the Richardson Family on the passing

of Charlotte S. Richardson; 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 Mr. Victor C. Richardson.

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