General Assembly House Joint Resolution No. 105
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4995
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Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist. REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist. SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist. REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist. SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
House Joint
Resolution No. 105
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4995
*04995__________*
Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist.
REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist.
SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SYMPATHY ON THE DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE MARY FRITZ.
Resolved by this Assembly:
WHEREAS, on Saturday, July 9, 2016, the State of Connecticut and the towns of Wallingford and Cheshire lost a distinguished and beloved State Representative with the passing of Mary Fritz, at the age of seventy-eight; and
WHEREAS, she represented the 90th district with distinction for thirty-two years and to the date of her passing; and
WHEREAS, she was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 8, 1938, and attended Emmanuel College, Boston College, Trinity College and Fairfield University; and
WHEREAS, she was a teacher in the Wallingford Public Schools from 1959 to 1964; and
WHEREAS, she was founder of Create & Play Nursery School and taught reading in Meriden Parochial Schools; and
WHEREAS, she was Chairwoman of the Wallingford Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, she was first elected as State Representative in 1982, representing the towns of Wallingford, Prospect and Cheshire, including the Yalesville area where she lived; and
WHEREAS, she served for sixteen terms as State Representative, and served as chairman of the Public Safety, Internship and Executive and Legislative Nominations Committees, vice-chairman of the Public Health Committee, and as a member of the Judiciary, Planning and Development, Education, Energy, General Law and Legislative Management Committees and the Select Committee on Workforce Development; and
WHEREAS, she oversaw the working group on medical malpractice insurance problems from 2003 to 2005; and
WHEREAS, she also served as Assistant Deputy Speaker, Deputy Majority Leader and Deputy Speaker in the Connecticut House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, she is survived by her husband, William W. Fritz, six children, William, Kathleen, Michael, Heather, Matthew and David and fourteen grandchildren, Will, AJ, Brady, Kaitlyn, Anthony, Jack, Mae, Cole, Aidan, Layne, Ainsley, David, Olivia and Michael.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Connecticut General Assembly expresses its sincere sympathy and heartfelt condolences on the passing of one of its honorable members, Mary Fritz, whose death is a profound loss to the House of Representatives, her family and friends, the residents of Wallingford and Cheshire and the entire State of Connecticut; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate cause a copy of this resolution to be sent to the family of Mary Fritz, as an expression of the high esteem and affection in which she is held.