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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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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 THE HONORABLE THOMAS

CONROY BOYLE

     Introduced By: Senators Bissaillon, LaMountain, Quezada, Ciccone, E Morgan, Rogers,
Zurier, DeLuca, Lawson, and Gallo

     Date Introduced: June 03, 2024

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Thomas

Conroy Boyle, President of the Russell J. Boyle & Son Funeral Homes; and

     WHEREAS, Born and raised in Providence, Mr. Boyle was the son of the late Russell

and M. Rita Boyle, and the beloved husband of Helen Boyle for 46 years; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Boyle grew up in the Smith Hill section of Providence and was a proud

graduate of LaSalle Academy and Providence College. He also attended the New England

Institute of Anatomy and Mortuary Sciences after which he proceeded to begin his funeral

director career at the Russell J. Boyle and Son Funeral Home, where he embarked on a more than

fifty-year career of offering kind and compassionate services to every grieving family that came

to him to take care of their loved ones. His warmth and sincerity at these moments of great need

helped so many families and he always considered it an honor and a privilege to serve these

families in their time of great need; and

     WHEREAS, Thomas Boyle was also a dedicated public servant who served the citizens

of Providence with tireless passion and abiding integrity as a member of the Providence City

Council and as a member of the Board of Licenses; and

     WHEREAS, Thomas Boyle was a man of deep faith who was also a devoted family man

and the best friend anyone could have in their lives. In his leisure activities, he enjoyed spending

time at the Warwick Country Club, Bonnet Shores Beach Club, and following his beloved

Providence College Friars basketball team; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Helen, Mr. Boyle leaves behind his children, Sean

Boyle, Kathryn Magaldi and her husband, Thomas, and Edward Boyle and his wife, Kelly, and

his grandchildren, Thomas and Reilly Magaldi and Eleanor Boyle. He also leaves behind his

sister, Janet Welch and her husband, Richard, Reilly family siblings, Ann Marie and her husband,

Richard, Edward and his wife, Kathleen, and Kevin and his wife, Maryann, as well as numerous

nieces and nephews; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby expresses its

condolences on the passing Thomas Conroy Boyle; 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. Helen Boyle and Family.

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