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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2008

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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 CHARLES J. SHADOIAN, SR.

     Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Badeau, Felag, Ruggerio, and J Montalbano

     Date Introduced: January 15, 2008

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Charles J. Shadoian was born in 1922 in West New York, New Jersey. He

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was the son of the late John and Margaret Shadoian and the husband of the late Bertha Shadoian;

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and

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     WHEREAS, A 1940 graduate of Classical High School, Charles was an outstanding

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baseball and football player and a great all around athlete. He continued to play baseball at

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Providence College, but chose teaching over pursuing a professional baseball career. His

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education was interrupted with the coming of the Second World War. Charles enlisted in the

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United States Army and earned a Purple Heart after being seriously wounded in France. Upon

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his return home, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Providence College in 1947, and later

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earned a Master’s degree from Rhode Island College in 1961; and

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     WHEREAS, Charles’ career in education spanned fifty years of service to the Town of

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North Providence as a teacher, union leader at Greystone School, a coach for track, basketball and

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baseball, and principal at Centerdale Elementary School. Charles retired in 1991, but stayed

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active as a member of the North Providence and Johnston Boys & Girls Club, Men’s Association,

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the North Providence Booster’s Association, and as a communicant of St. Lawrence Church; and

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     WHEREAS, Charles is survived by his six children: Lynn Havice, Charles Shadoian, Jr.,

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Judith Humphrey, James Shadoian, Dorothy Dominick, and Donald Shadoian; his ten

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grandchildren: Jeremy Havice, Jennifer Ward, Jacqueline Havice, Rebecca Munoz, Jeffrey

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Shadoian, Nicole Hoffman, Timothy Beauchamp, Hannah Shadoian, Catherine Dominick, and

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Finnegan Shadoian, and four great grandchildren. He was the brother of Richard Shadoian; now,

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therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses its deepest sympathies to the Shadoian family on the passing of Charles J.

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Shadoian, Sr., and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Shadoian family.

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