Raymond "Chip" T. Hoyas, Jr.

Pawtucket – Raymond “Chip” T. Hoyas, Jr., 61, of Pawtucket and Ft. Myers, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.  He was a son of the late Raymond T., Sr. and Helen D. (Nordquist) Hoyas. Chip attended St. Raphael Academy and the Community College of Rhode Island. He served for over two decades as the first elected Rhode Island Secretary of the Senate until his retirement in 2009, and previously served as an Executive Aide to Lt. Governor Richard Licht and Secretary of State Kathleen Connell.  He was elected a Pawtucket City Councilor in 1997 and served until 2005. Chip was a member of the Jaycees, having served in almost every capacity local and state-wide culminating with his election as a National Vice President of the United States Jaycees and being selected as one of only seven chosen annually as an “Hours of Power” motivational speaker in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a founding member and three-time General Chairman of the Pawtucket Octoberfest Committee, Co-Chair of the Pawtucket St. Patrick’s...