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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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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 CHARLES MORAN, JR.

     Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, McGaw, Filippi, Blazejewski, McNamara,
and Cortvriend

     Date Introduced: February 25, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Charles Moran, Jr., was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, the son of

Charles Moran, Sr., and Helen Moran. He is survived by his wife of fifty-five years, Barbara Ann

Moran; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Moran was a 1950 graduate of BMC Durfee High School, and

graduated from Brown University in 1954. He served in the ROTC at Brown and served our

nation with distinction as a member of the United States Army during the Korean Conflict; and

     WHEREAS, After completing his military obligations, Mr. Moran worked for Honeywell

before he transition to a career in journalism working as a stringer for the Providence Journal and

the Fall River Herald News, before eventually becoming the editor and publisher of the Tiverton

Bulletin in the mid-1960s. He later worked in the office of the family business, National Roofing

Company, until it closed in 1984. It was during this time when Mr. Moran returned to school and

attained a law degree from the New England School of Law; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Moran was always passionate about civic affairs and worked tirelessly

throughout his life to make Tiverton and the State of Rhode Island better places in which to work

and live. He served on the Tiverton Planning Board from 1963 to 1975, and again from 1978 to

1988. He also served on the Tiverton Personnel Board in 1977 and 1978, as Chairman of the

Tiverton Democratic Committee from 1995 to 2011, and as an alternate on the Board of

Canvassers from 2011 to 2014; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Moran also served as a member of Congressman David Cicilline’s

Senior Advisory Council during the congressman's first term. Mr. Moran was always very

passionate about the importance of people exercising their right to vote, and for many years

within Tiverton, he offered rides to the polls for voters without transportation and also organized

meal delivery to poll workers of both parties on election day; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Moran was a man of deep faith who was a communicant of St.

Christopher’s Church for more than eighty years. He served as an usher and collector for more

than sixty years and served on the Parish Council from 1976 to 1978. He was also an avid sports

fan, especially baseball; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Moran is survived by his sons, Matthew Moran and Brian Moran, his

brother, John Moran, sister-in-law, Sue-Ann Moran, and many nieces, nephews, relatives and

friends; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its condolences to the Moran Family on the passing of Mr. Charles Moran, Jr.; and be it

further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Barbara Ann Moran, Matthew Moran, and

Brian Moran.

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