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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 SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE

ROGER VALOIS

     Introduced By: Representatives Menard, Fox, E Coderre, Winfield, and O`Grady

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2012

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

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Honorable Roger Valois, a devoted husband to his wife, Estelle, a well-respected and lifelong

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member of the Village of Manville, and a former member of the Rhode Island House of

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Representatives; and

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     WHEREAS, Son of the late Joseph and Blandine Valois, Roger Valois was a loyal and

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hardworking man.  He had been employed as a mechanical contractor for Manville Services until

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his retirement in 2009; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Mr. Valois is survived by his nine children, Denise

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Plante, Madeleine Pierson, Claudette Valois, Judith Perron, Jacqueline Wiebe, Marcel Valois,

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David Valois, Jean-Paul Valois, and Daniel Valois.  He was also the proud grandfather of

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nineteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, was the brother of Ruth Valois and Louis

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Valois, and the late Pauline Picard and Edouard Valois, and was the grandfather of the late

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Nicolas Valois; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Valois was elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly, serving the

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people of District 58-Lincoln/Smithfield in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989. 

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Previously, he had served as a Lincoln Town Councilor for District 5-Manville and had been a

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Volunteer and former Fire Warden of the Manville Fire Department; and

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     WHEREAS, Always active in his community, Mr. Valois was a member of the Manville

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Sportsmen's Club, the Woonsocket Lodge of Elks, B.P.O.E., and a member and Past-President of

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the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. He also served our country in the United States Marine

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Corps and was a communicant of St. James Church in Manville; and

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     WHEREAS, Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for the family of

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Roger Valois.  He was a loving husband, a devoted father, and a doting grandfather and great-

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grandfather.  He enriched the lives of all who knew him and will be dearly missed in the

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community; 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 its deepest sympathies to the entire Valois Family on the

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passing of The Honorable Roger Valois.  He will forever be remembered by this House of

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Representatives and the people of Rhode Island for his commitment and service to his community

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and our state; 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 Mrs. Estelle Valois and Family.

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