SR 116 — Celebrating the life of Richard E. Lyons.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24107549DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 29, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Richard E.

116 E Celebrating the life of Richard E.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patron––Obenshainto Rby ––––––––––the Senate, March 6, 2024 R O WHEREAS,president Richardand E.chief executive officer of Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, died on July L 23, 2023;

Lyons, a champion for older Virginians, who served as the longtime president and chiefL executiveWHEREAS, officer of Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, died oD July 23,WHEREAS, Richard "Dick" Lyons grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and spent summers in Mount URiver Storm,Lodge Westrestaurant Virginia,there; in his youth;

heandh; later lived in Mount Storm after his parents opened the Stony River Lodge restaurant there;

andhe Clater lived in Mount Storm after his parents opened the Stony E WHEREAS, Dick Lyons matriculated at what is now Potomac State College of West Virginia ED University, then transferred to the West Virginia University main campus in Morgantown two years later;

and D Virginia;

and WHEREAS, while living in Petersburg, West Virginia, Dick Lyons learned through connections at his church about an opening for an administrator-in-training position at a Presbyterian-affiliated retirement community in the Shenandoah Valley;

andandn-training position at a Presbyterian-affiliated R WHEREAS, in February 1984, Dick Lyons was offered a job as an admissions assistant and went on 1 to devote the rest of his professional career to Sunnyside Retirement Community, rising through the E ranks and learning every aspect of the business to become president and chief executive officer;

and WHEREAS,R Dick Lyons was a proactive advocate for programs and policies at the local, state, and national levels related to compassionate and dignified care for seniors;

and WHEREAS,organizations, Dickincluding Lyonsthe alsolocal providedMasonic hislodge, leadershipwhere andhe expertiseachieved tothe manyrank civicof andworshipful servicemaster and district deputy grand master;

andl Masonic lodge, where he achieved the rank of worshipful master and WHEREAS, after his well-earned retirement, Dick Lyons resided at Sunnyside Retirement Community for two years;

and WHEREAS,children, DickAmy, LyonsJosh, willand beBetsy, fondly remembered and greatlytheir missedfamilies; by his wife, Virginia;

his children, Amy, Josh, and Betsy, and their families;

35 now, therefore, be it 37RESOLVED, Lyons;That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Richard E.

and,LyoRESOLVED beFURTHER, itThat the SenateClerk of Virginiathe herebySenate noteprepare witha greatcopy sadnessof this resolution for presentation to the lossfamily of Richard E.

38 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 39 presentation to the family of Richard E.