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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARTHA JANE | |
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FOGARTY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Paiva Weed, Ruggerio, Gallo, and Walaska | |
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Date Introduced: January 24, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Martha |
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Jane Fogarty, a remarkable woman whose love, compassion, and willingness to help those in |
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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, former State Senator and longtime head of the U.S. |
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Small Business Administration. Martha was 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. She was |
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the proud grandmother of Erin Nichols, Matthew Buckley, Patrick, Brendan and Daniel Fogarty, |
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Jeffrey, John and Allison Gabel, and Jacob and Samuel Harwood; and loving great-grandmother |
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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 Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby expresses our deepest condolences on the passing of Martha J. 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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