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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

EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MERCEDES PEGUERO

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Slater, Hull, Filippi,
Costantino, Abney, Amore, Williams, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: May 10, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, It is with sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Mercedes

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Peguero, the beloved companion of the late Livio Bentancourt; and

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     WHEREAS, Ms. Peguero was born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, a daughter of

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the late Anazario and Angelica Peguero, and the sister of Dolores Peguero; and

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     WHEREAS, A warm and caring woman, Mercedes Peguero doted on her four children,

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Milagros Piccini, our dear friend and colleague, the Honorable Grace Diaz, Pedro Peguero, and

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Carmen Bentancourt. She was also blessed with sixteen beautiful grandchildren, many great-

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grandchildren, and a beloved extended family; and

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     WHEREAS, A woman of great faith and perseverance, Ms. Peguero instilled her children

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with character and family values that they have carried with them throughout their lives; and

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     WHEREAS, Mercedes Peguero was also a hard-working woman whose generosity to

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those she knew and loved was not only renowned, but also greatly appreciated and admirable. In

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so very many ways, she enriched the lives of all who had the good fortune to have known her,

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and she will be dearly missed; 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 deepest sympathy on the passing of Mercedes Peguero; and be it further

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

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Milagros Piccini and Family, the Honorable

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Grace Diaz and Family, Pedro Peguero and Family, and Carmen

 

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     Betancourt and Family.

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