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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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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 LILLIAN G. GINAITT

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Solomon, Corvese, Bennett,
McNamara, Shanley, Vella-Wilkinson, Filippi, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS. It is with deep sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Lillian

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G. Ginaitt, the devoted wife of the late A. Francis "Jiggs" Ginaitt; and

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     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ginaitt was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late

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Harold T. and Lillian Littlefield, and was a resident of Warwick for most of her life; and

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     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ginaitt attained a nursing degree from the Cooley Dickenson Hospital

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School of Nursing through the US Nurse Corp. in 1945. She was a highly skilled and most

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compassionate nursing professional who worked tirelessly at the Chapin Hospital in the

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Infections Disease Unit, as well as St. Joseph Hospital, Kent Hospital and Scalabrini Villa until

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she retired in 1984; and

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     WHEREAS, Most importantly, Mrs. Ginaitt was devoted to her family and many friends.

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The memory of her love and altruistic service to others will be long remembered by all who knew

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and loved her; and

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     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ginaitt leaves behind her children, the Honorable Peter Ginaitt, (WFD,

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Ret.), former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and his wife, Tracey,

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Michael Ginaitt (WFD, Ret.), and his wife, Susan and her daughter Janice King and her husband,

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John, and was the mother of the late Patricia Swann and Paul Ginaitt. She was the mother-in-law

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of Sharon Ginaitt, Colleen Ellis and the late Gary Swann (WFD). She also leaves behind her

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grandchildren Bradford Ginaitt (WFD), Taylor Viveiros (Jeff, WPD), Tara Ginaitt, Amy Ginaitt,

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Eliza King, Erin King, Mackenzie King, Harmony Gerhard (Scott), Alyssa Eckman (Tyler), and

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Ethan Potvin, and her great-grandchildren. Mrs. Ginaitt was the sister of Deborah Lee and the late

 

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Ann Allen; now, therefore be it

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

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expresses its deepest condolences to the Ginaitt Family on the passing of Lillian G. Ginaitt; and

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be it further

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

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certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Peter Ginaitt, (WFD, Ret.), and Michael

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Ginaitt (WFD, Ret.).

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