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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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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 OWEN RICHARD

ZIMMER

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Caldwell, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Shanley,
Chippendale, Carson, Speakman, Fogarty, Tanzi, and Boylan

     Date Introduced: January 09, 2024

     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 Owen

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Richard Zimmer, the beloved son of Amanda Meyer-Zimmer and Jared Zimmer; and

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     WHEREAS, Owen Richard Zimmer was a young man with immense promise. He was a

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student at the Rocky Hill Country Day School in Warwick, and had a great passion for sports and

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music. He was a talented lacrosse player, had been recently introduced to the sport of sailing at

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his school, and enjoyed playing both the guitar and drums; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to his parents, Amanda and Jared, Owen Richard Zimmer leaves

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behind his grandparents Albert and Harolyn Meyer and Richard and Judi Zimmer, his Great-Aunt

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Edna and Uncle Ethan, Aunt Jennifer, and numerous friends; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Zimmer was an outstanding student who loved history and had a desire

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to be a professional historian later in life. He was also obsessed with bridges and their function in

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daily life. Owen Zimmer’s light burned bright throughout his short life and he brought great joy

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to his family and many friends and he will forever live on in the hearts and memories of the many

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who knew and loved him; now, therefore be it

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

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expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Owen Richard Zimmer; and be it further

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

 

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Amanda Meyer-Zimmer and Jared Zimmer.

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