HCR 93 — House concurrent resolution congratulating Kathleen Lynch of Burlington on being named as the 2025 Vermont Mother of the Year

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R-113.93 Offered by Representatives Branagan of Georgia, Hooper of Burlington, and Ode of Burlington House concurrent resolution congratulating Kathleen Lynch of Burlington on being named as the Vermont Mother of the Year Whereas, Kathleen Lynch was born to Fred and Kathleen Connor in Worcester, Massachusetts, and faith and family were central in the Connor family, and Whereas, after graduating from the Saint Vincent Hospital School of Nursing, she devoted an astounding 47 years to surgical nursing, primarily at the hospital now known as the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC), and Whereas, she married now-retired UVMC anesthesiologist Dr.

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Terrance Lynch, and they are the proud parents of seven children and have two grandchildren, and Whereas, in 2010, her family assisted in the early Champlain Valley Down Syndrome Group’s activities, and the Lynch family continues to support the Buddy Walk in Burlington, and Whereas, since 1935, American Mothers, Inc.

has annually, with the participation of local members, designated a Mother of the Year for every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and from the 2025 selections, a National Mother of the Year will be chosen at a convention to be held this year in Puerto Rico, and Whereas, a Mother of the Year has demonstrated a strong commitment to the role of motherhood and serving her community, and Whereas, Kathleen Lynch has been deservedly honored as the 2025 Vermont Mother of the Year, now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:

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