2020 -- H 8183 | |
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LC005626 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARY ALLERTON | |
EDDY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Kennedy, Lima, McEntee, and O'Brien | |
Date Introduced: December 14, 2020 | |
Referred To: Placed on the House Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Mary |
2 | Allerton Eddy, the beloved wife for forty-nine years to the late Edward Danforth Eddy, Jr., |
3 | former President of the University of Rhode Island, the cherished mother of Edward Eddy, III, |
4 | and his wife, Yu-Ping, Mary Eddy, Catherine Hahn and her husband, Thomas, David Eddy- |
5 | Spicer and his wife, Nancy, and the loving grandmother of seven grandchildren and seven great- |
6 | grandchildren; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Mary Eddy, known affectionately as "Polly", was a daughter of the late |
8 | Mary and Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr., and the sister of Lydia Cushman Schurman; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Eddy was elected to serve on the town council for ten years, including |
10 | four as Council President. Her dedication to civic leadership also included serving on the board of |
11 | Thundermist Health Center; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Always supportive of education, the University of Rhode Island, and her |
13 | husband, Mrs. Eddy and her husband received honorary degrees from the University of Rhode |
14 | Island in recognition of their valuable support and active participation in the improvement of |
15 | public education in Rhode Island; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Mary Eddy was dedicated to her family and her community, and she will be |
17 | dearly missed by all; now, therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
19 | extends deepest condolences on the passing of Mary Allerton Eddy; and be it further |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
2 | transmit duly certified copies of the is resolution to Edward Eddy, III, David Eddy-Spicer, Mary |
3 | Eddy, and Catherine Hahn. |
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