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2019 SESSION

19107430D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 413
Offered February 21, 2019
Celebrating the life of Theresa Herlihy Meade.
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Patron-- Hugo
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WHEREAS, Theresa Herlihy Meade, longtime resident of the Commonwealth and valued member of the community, died on January 19, 2019; and

WHEREAS, Theresa Herlihy Meade was born in the Bronx and grew up in College Point, New York; she graduated from Hunter College and, after marrying Patrick Joseph Meade, Jr., in 1962, settled in Arlington; and

WHEREAS, after five years living in Spain from 1966 to 1971, Theresa Meade returned to Virginia, living in Annandale and ultimately Fairfax Station, where she realized her childhood dream of owning and caring for horses and a menagerie of other pets; and

WHEREAS, Theresa Meade was a board member, trustee, life member, and volunteer of numerous organizations in Northern Virginia, including the Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program, the Girl Scouts of America, the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, the Clifton Community Woman’s Club, the Dominion Valley Garden Club, the Fairfax County 4-H Program, the 4-H Extension Homemakers, and the Women’s Auxiliary for the Centreville Volunteer Fire Department; and

WHEREAS, Theresa Meade served with the George Mason University Center for the Arts, the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, the Reston Community Center, the Bull Run Civil War Roundtable, the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, the Fairfax County Board of Elections, the Glenverdant Homeowners’ Association, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church, and Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband, Patrick, Theresa Meade will be dearly remembered and greatly missed by her children, Paul, Regina, Christopher, and John, and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Theresa Herlihy Meade, tireless supporter of the Northern Virginia community; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Theresa Herlihy Meade as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for her memory.