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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF RUTH LONG

     Introduced By: Representatives Reilly, Ruggiero, Edwards, Trillo, and Savage

     Date Introduced: January 04, 2012

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

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Long, the devoted wife of the late Lester Long, to whom she had been married for forty-two

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wonderful years. She was the mother of three children, our former colleague, The Honorable

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Bruce Long, and his wife Jane, Neil Long, and his wife, Laura, and Janice Long. She was also the

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beloved grandmother of eight grandchildren, Jessica, Jamie, Christina, Timothy, Jonathan, Scott,

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Matthew, and Brett, and one great-grandchild, Michael; and

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     WHEREAS, Mrs. Long, fondly known as “Ruthee” by her family and many friends, was

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born in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Gustave and Fannie Solomon, who had emigrated from

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Eastern Europe ten years earlier. She met and married her husband, Lester, who was a United

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States Navy sailor at the time, and in 1956, the couple moved to Rhode Island to raise their

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family; and

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     WHEREAS, While her children were still in school, Mrs. Long devoted her enthusiasm

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and energies to creating a home that was warm and welcoming for her husband and children. She

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later worked as a babysitter and was a Fuller Brush salesperson, but found her niche at the

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Newport Grand, where she faithfully and cheerfully served her customers for thirty years; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition, Mrs. Long was a member of the Middletown Republican Town

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Committee, and volunteered at the Middletown elementary schools, local nursing homes, and the

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Veteran’s Home in Bristol; and

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     WHEREAS, Ruthee Long was the heart and soul of her family. Her great sense of humor

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and kindheartedness will forever be indelibly imprinted on the lives and in the cherished

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memories of her entire family. She enriched the lives of all who had the good fortune to have

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known her 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 and

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Providence Plantations hereby expresses our deepest sympathies to the entire Long Family on the

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passing of Ruthee Long; 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 duly certified copies of this resolution to The Honorable Bruce Long, Neil Long, and

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Janice Long.

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