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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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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 MARY ELIZABETH HOPKINS | |
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Introduced By: Senator Hanna M. Gallo | |
Date Introduced: January 15, 2020 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Mary Elizabeth Hopkins, a devoted wife and mother, passed away on |
2 | December 10, 2019, after a courageous battle against cancer. She was the daughter of the late |
3 | Everett and Concetta Gramolini; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Hopkins was an esteemed educator who taught with tireless devotion |
5 | for more than twenty years at Hugh B. Bain Middle School. She was a nurturing, loving and |
6 | gentle person who always brightened the lives of the people in her life, from the members of her |
7 | family to the students she taught, to her many friends. She was also a strong woman of faith who |
8 | served the Lord and the Church every day of life; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Hopkins leaves behind her husband of forty-one years, the Honorable |
10 | Kenneth J. Hopkins, Sr., Cranston City Councilman. She also leaves behind her children, Ken |
11 | Hopkins, Jr., and his wife, Cristina, Lauren and her husband, Cody, and Katelyn and her husband, |
12 | Jacob, and her grandchildren, Lilly, JJ, Kenny III, and Chloe; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Hopkins' passing is an immeasurable loss for her family and friends, |
14 | but the memory of living a life of faith and service to others will live on forever in the hearts of |
15 | all who knew and loved her; now, therefore be it |
16 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
17 | hereby expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Mary Elizabeth Hopkins; and be it |
18 | further |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
2 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Kenneth J. Hopkins, Sr. |
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