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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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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

FAT IP

     Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Metts, Miller, Walaska, and Sheehan

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2013

     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 Fat Ip,

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a resident and well-respected member of the community; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Hong Kong, Mr. Ip was the devoted husband of Ho Wong Ip, the

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loving father of son, Louis Yip, and his wife, Florence, daughters, Kwai Ying Lee and Jenny

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Leung, and her husband, Eric, the proud grandfather of Damon Yip and his wife, Macy Tay,

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Herman and Edmond Yip, Angela Lee, Shirley Lee, and her husband, Michael, Basil Lee, Sarah

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and Stephanie Leung, and great-grandfather of Megan and Abigail Yip, and Kilian Lee Scott. He

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was the brother of Ip May and her husband, Sit Hoi, of Hong Kong; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Ip was a successful businessman who founded the China Inn, located in

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Pawtucket. In addition, Mr. Ip made time in his life to be involved in the betterment of his

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community. He was a long-time member of the Chinese Christian Church in Pawtucket; and

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

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so must we celebrate the spirit, generosity, and courage with which he lived every day of his life;

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and

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     WHEREAS, A devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother, and

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a respected businessman, Fat Ip will live on for many years to come in the memories of everyone

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fortunate enough to have been touched by the quality of this remarkable gentleman; 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 our deepest sympathies to the entire Ip Family on the passing of Fat Ip; and be it

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further

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

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mrs. Ho Wong Ip and Family.

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