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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 OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARTHA JANE

FOGARTY

     Introduced By: Representatives Keable, Winfield, Chippendale, McCauley, and Newberry

     Date Introduced: January 19, 2012

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

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passing of Martha Jane Fogarty, a remarkable woman whose love, compassion, and willingness to

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help those in need left an indelible impression on everyone she met; and

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     WHEREAS, The daughter of the late Benjamin and Lucienne Hague, Martha was the

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cherished wife of the late Charles J. Fogarty, the loving mother of Corleen Buckley, former Lt.

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Gov. Charles J. Fogarty, State Sen. Paul Fogarty, Martha F. Dunn, and Ann Harwood. Martha

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was the proud grandmother of Erin Nichols, Matthew Buckley, Patrick, Brendan and Daniel

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Fogarty, Jeffrey, John and Allison Gabel, and Jacob and Samuel Harwood; and loving great-

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grandmother to Caroline and Ethan Nichols; and

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     WHEREAS, After graduating from Central High School, Martha worked for the former

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New England Telephone Company before going on to work with her late husband, Charles, in the

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management of Fogarty Nurseries. She was also a real estate broker and the intrepid Glocester

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correspondent for the Observer Newspaper; and

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     WHEREAS, A woman of tremendous faith, Martha was an active member of St. Philip’s

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Church, serving as a member of the Rosary and Altar Society, Perpetual Adoration, and an

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integral part of the Catholic Charity Drive for many years; and

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     WHEREAS, An industrious civic booster who worked hard to better her community,

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Martha was a volunteer at the Harmony Library for many years, a charter member and past

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president of the Glocester Lady Lions Club, and an elected voting moderator for the Town of

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Glocester; and

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     WHEREAS, Even though we are diminished by this loss and mourn the passing of

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Martha, so must we celebrate the spirit, generosity, and courage with which she lived every day

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of her life; 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 condolences on the passing of Martha J.

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Fogarty; and be it further

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

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to transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Corleen Buckley, former Lt. Gov. Charles J.

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Fogarty, State Sen. Paul Fogarty, Martha F. Dunn, and Ann Harwood.

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