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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ELEANOR C. BOWERS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, McKenney, DiPalma, Felag, Lauria, E Morgan,
Raptakis, Gu, LaMountain, and Urso

     Date Introduced: March 13, 2025

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

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C. Bowers of Warwick. She was the beloved wife of the late George H. Bowers, to whom she

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was married for 58 years. She was the beloved mother and grandmother of Rhode Island State

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Senate staffers Susan Nolin and Julio Cresci II; and

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     WHEREAS, Eleanor Bowers was born in Providence, the only daughter of the late John

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W. Smith. Ms. Bowers lived in North Providence before she moved to Winthrop, Maine; and

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     WHEREAS, Eleanor Bowers was a devoted mother and hard-working woman who strove

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tirelessly to provide for her family and loved ones. Ms. Bowers worked as the lead hostess for the

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former Turk's Head Building Club, retiring in 1986, where she was beloved by her co-workers,

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patrons, supervisors, and the owners of the club; and

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     WHEREAS, In retirement, Ms. Bowers enjoyed making hats and donating them to

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children in need. She enjoyed playing bingo and doting on her children and grandchildren. She

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was also a member of the American Legion, Unit 40, in Winthrop, Maine; and

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     WHEREAS, Eleanor Bowers leaves behind her children, Kathleen Gould and her

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husband, Ray, Maureen Gallagher and her partner Fred Stone, Patricia Eddy and her husband,

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John, and Susan Nolin and her husband, Richard. Ms. Bowers also leaves behind her

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grandchildren, Jenifer Dube, Dennis Gallagher II, Jessica Jeror, Michael Eddy, Matthew Eddy,

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Katie Orabona and Julio Cresci II, and nine great-grandchildren; now, therefore be it

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

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condolences to the Bowers family on the passing of Eleanor C. Bowers; 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 duly certified copies of this resolution to Kathleen Gould, Maureen Gallagher, Patricia

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Eddy, and Susan Nolin.

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