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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 PAUL J. FOX, JR.

     Introduced By: Senators LaMountain, McKenney, Appollonio, and Euer

     Date Introduced: May 23, 2025

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Paul J.

Fox, Jr., of Cranston. He was the beloved husband of Wendy Fox for 49 years; and

     WHEREAS, Paul J. Fox, Jr., known to many as “PJ”, was the son of the late Paul J. and

Marian E. Fox. He was a graduate of Our Lady of Providence and Providence College. Mr. Fox

was a hard-working man who had a long and distinguished professional career. His first position

was with his father, Paul J. Fox, Sr., with the family business, the PJ Fox Paper Company. Mr.

Fox eventually rose to the position of company President and later in his career, he worked in the

insurance industry and finally at the Internal Revenue Service; and

     WHEREAS, Paul J. Fox, Jr., was a member of numerous professional, civic, and

religious organizations, including the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Sons of Irish Kings. He

served with distinction as a former Commissioner of the Cranston Redevelopment Agency, and

also served as a member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Providence and was the first

President of the Board of the Genesis Center in Providence. He also received the Paul Harris

Award from the Rotary International. Mr. Fox was a lifelong communicant of St. Paul Church;

and

     WHEREAS, Paul J. Fox first met the love of his life, Wendy Baltzer, when they were

fellow students at ES Rhodes Elementary School. They met again nearly two decades later, and

embarked on a wonderful and loving marriage for almost five decades that included raising their

five children in the Edgewood Neighborhood of Cranston; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Wendy, Paul J. Fox, Jr., leaves behind his children

Joy, PJ III, Molly, Tim, and his wife, Ami, and Hannah. Mr. Fox was the doting grandfather of

Luke, Lennon, Madeline, and Declan. Mr. Fox is also survived by his siblings, Mary Simas, and

her husband, Paul, Cathy Fox, Kevin Fox and his wife, Mary, Mike Fox and his wife, Ginny,

Annie Stringfellow and her husband, Jon, John Fox and his wife, Kathy, Bridget Bugbee and her

husband, Kevin, Ginny Byrnes and her husband, Brian, Joe Fox and his wife, Debbie, and

brother-in-law Carl Hjerpe. Mr. Fox was predeceased by his brother Jimmy Fox and sister Susie

Hjerpe. Mr. Fox also leaves behind many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews; now,

therefore be it

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

condolences on the passing of Mr. Paul J. Fox, Jr.; 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. Wendy Fox and the Fox Family.

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