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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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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 LOIS A. LYLE

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Ackerman, Filippi, Shallcross
Smith, Ruggiero, Ajello, and Newberry

     Date Introduced: January 26, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Lois A.

Lyle, beloved wife of the late John Lyle, and the cherished mother of Nancy Roderick and her

husband, Edward, Joyce Lyle-Freeman and her companion, Thomas O’Sullivan, Christine

Canham and her husband, David, Jean Townsend and her husband, Timothy, Susan Pawlina and

her husband, Christopher, our friend and former colleague the Honorable John Lyle Jr., and his

wife, Lori, Robert Lyle and his wife, Jeanne, and Alexander Lyle and his wife, Eve. She had

made her home in the Town of Lincoln for over 60 years; and

     WHEREAS, Born in the City of Pawtucket, Mrs. Lyle was the daughter of the late

Wilfred and Mildred Smith, the sister of the late Doris Bagley, Gail Scheele and John Smith, and

the sister-in-law of Paul Scheele, Bonnie Smith and Ginny Lyle. She was a proud graduate of

Pawtucket West High School; and

     WHEREAS, With a loving personality, Mrs. Lyle created and nurtured a marriage that

flourished, and a home that was warm and welcoming. She doted on her family, particularly her

twelve grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren, who were the light of her life; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to making a wonderful home for her family, Mrs. Lyle had been

employed as the Director of Special Projects for the Blackstone Valley Community Action

Program before retiring. She had also been a longtime parishioner of Chapel Street

Congregational Church in Lincoln, where she had often volunteered in the church's Thrift Store

and had served on the Diaconate, and was a life member of the Lime Rock Chapter, Order of the

Eastern Star; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Lyle had been one of the first patients in the Memory & Aging

Program at Butler Hospital, under the care of Dr. Salloway, and at the time of her passing had

been a resident at the Holiday Retirement Home; and

     WHEREAS, There is no doubt that Lois Lyle, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-

grandmother, and friend to many, left an indelible mark on the lives of those she knew and loved,

and she will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

expresses our deepest sympathies to the Lyle Family on the passing of Lois A. Lyle; and be it

further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable John Lyle Jr., and Family.

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