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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF GEORGE EDWARD

CASTRO, JR.

     

     Introduced By: Senator Ryan W. Pearson

     Date Introduced: March 22, 2022

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of George

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Edward Castro, Jr. He was born in Providence, the son of Leah Anne Rigby and the late George

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Edward Castro, Sr., and the devoted husband of Lynn Castro for thirty-two years; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Castro had a tireless work ethic and strived daily to provide for his

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family. He worked in maintenance for twenty-two years for the Town of East Greenwich and in

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the wholesale department for Belmont Market for twenty-six years. He also served as a call man

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for the Narragansett Fire Department and worked for the Pier Ice Company; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Castro served his community coaching North Kingstown flag football,

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and as a coach and board member of the Narragansett Little League, as an Assistant Scout

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Master, and as a member of the Narragansett Lions Club. In his free time, Mr. Castro enjoyed

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making creative seasonal decorations for his loved ones, and scrapbooking; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife and mother, Mr. Castro leaves behind his children,

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Thomas Castro and Robert Castro, his sisters, Sandra Grillo and Kelly Hammond, his stepsisters

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Karen Marie Foley, Donna Rigby Smith, and Susan Rigby Carr, along with many nieces and

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nephews; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby expresses its deepest

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condolences on the passing of Mr. George Edward Castro, Jr., 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 a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Lynn Castro and Family.

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