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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE

EVERETT R. LITTLEFIELD SR.

     Introduced By: Representatives Filippi, Blazejewski, and McGaw

     Date Introduced: March 15, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

R. Littlefield, Sr. He was born and raised on Block Island and was the devoted husband of fifty-

nine years to Amelia Verna Littlefield; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Littlefield graduated from Block Island School in 1956, and shortly

thereafter, joined the United States Navy where he served our nation for twenty years with honor

and distinction before returning home to Block Island; and

     WHEREAS, In 1975, Mr. Littlefield started a business, Littlefield & Sons, Ltd., a very

successful propane gas business that still runs today. Through the years, Mr. Littlefield was also

quite active in community and civic affairs, including serving on the New Shoreham Town

Council, as the Captain of the Block Island Rescue Squad, Chairman of the School Committee,

and a member of the local Legion Post 36; and

     WHEREAS, In his free time, Mr. Littlefield had a vast array of activities and hobbies that

gave him great pleasure. He was an avid reader, enjoyed gardening, writing, “building and

crashing radio controlled airplanes” and most importantly, spending time with his family; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Amelia, Mr. Littlefield leaves behind his children,

Amelia Gallant, Robert Littlefield, Everett Littlefield, Jr., and Kirk Littlefield, and his five

grandchildren Alexandra Littlefield, Travis Gallant, Mason Littlefield, Haley Gallant, and Dakota

Littlefield. Mr. Littlefield was predeceased by his granddaughter Kelsey Gallant; now, therefore

be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of the Honorable Everett R. Littlefield Sr.; 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 Mrs. Amelia Verna Littlefield and Family.

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