HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 25

Memorializing State Representative Raymond E. Proulx of Dover

WHEREAS, it is with great sorrow that we have learned of the death of our friend and colleague Raymond E. Proulx of Dover; and

WHEREAS, as a first term representative from Strafford County District #12, Raymond E. Proulx served with great pride and enthusiasm on the Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee; and

WHEREAS, Raymond E. Proulx was serving his community as a member of the Train Sub-Station Committee, having formerly served as a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and the School Board; and

WHEREAS, while a member of the Dover School Board, Ray Proulx gained a reputation as a champion of students' rights and privacy, and, having been concerned for students' safety while walking to school, worked to get a road paved to help ensure that safety - a walkway now known as the Honorable Raymond Proulx Lane; and

WHEREAS, Raymond E. Proulx was employed by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission for over twenty-five years, most recently serving as an assistant manager, and during his service as a state employee was an active participant in the State Employees' Association, serving as a board member and Chapter President as well as serving on the Executive Committee of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO; and

WHEREAS, Ray Proulx cared about his friends' health, making donations to various office "food funds" only if assured that his contribution would be spent on fresh fruit; and

WHEREAS, Raymond E. Proulx was a family man, being the father of twelve and grandfather of thirteen, who genuinely cared about people, demonstrated as much by his daily forays to a certain Dover fast food restaurant to talk local and state political issues with his constituents as by his regular stops in certain offices in the State House to visit with his friends on the staff; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives in Regular Session convened, that Raymond E. Proulx be saluted for his outstanding and dedicated service to his community and his state, and be it further

RESOLVED, that expressions of heartfelt sympathy be extended to his family and all who loved him, and that a copy of this Resolution be prepared for presentation to them.