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On April 2, 2024, Lucchino died from heart failure at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the age of 78. [32] [35] In August 2024, Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry commented: [36] Larry was the greatest baseball man I ever met. Usually when you call someone a baseball man, you are talking about his knowledge of the game on the field.
The Swan Point Cemetery is widely considered to be the most prominent cemetery in Rhode Island due to the number of well known citizens of the state buried there. There are more governors, senators and congressmen buried there than any other cemetery in Rhode Island.
The complex includes four buildings and a cemetery, set on about 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) of land. It is home to the oldest Catholic parish in Pawtucket, and the second-oldest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, which encompasses the entire state. The parish was established in 1830.
The cemetery was established in 1874, and is Pawtucket's instance of a rural cemetery. The cemetery's creation was championed by John W. Davis (1826–1907), a local politician who later served two terms as Governor of Rhode Island , and was for many years the cemetery's resident manager, living in the cemetery manager's house, which was built ...
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Sayles' son, Frank A. Sayles, decided to build the original 30-bed hospital with the funds. Throughout the 20th century the size of the hospital expanded greatly. The hospital was a 294-bed facility serving the Blackstone Valley of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.
Joseph Jenckes Jr. (baptized October 12, 1628 – January 4, 1717), also spelled Jencks and Jenks, was the founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he erected a forge in 1671. After his mother and only sibling died in England, his father, Joseph Jenckes Sr. , immigrated to New England.
YWCA Rhode Island Women of Achievement Award, 2013 [19] The Ignatian Volunteer Corps Della Strada Award, 2014 [ 20 ] The Sister Ann Keefe Community and Faith Service Award was created by the Rhode Island State Council of Churches (RISCC) and is given annually to individuals and organizations who support and foster nonviolence in the community.