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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARY "AUNTIE

BABE" EVANGELISTA

     

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, Ruggerio, Goodwin, Algiere, and Metts

     Date Introduced: January 07, 2014

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Mary "Auntie Babe" Evangelista passed away peacefully on July 25, 2013

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at Elmhurst Extended Care. She was the wife of the late Mario Evangelista; and

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     WHEREAS, Mary Evangelista was born in Providence, a daughter of the late Lena

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(Bucci) Francisco. Mary was a restaurateur and owner of the former Mario’s Restaurant on

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historic Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island. She devoted her life to raising her two

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nephews; and

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     WHEREAS, Mary "Auntie Babe" Evangelista is survived by her two nephews, State

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Representative John J. Lombardi, Esq. and his wife Denise, and State Senator Frank S. Lombardi,

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Esq. and his wife Antonelia, two great nieces, Cassandra and Christina Lombardi, and her good

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friend Patricia Gagnon. She was the sister of the late Edward Bucci; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Mary "Auntie Babe" Evangelista; and

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be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to State Representative John J. Lombardi, Esq.

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and State Senator Frank S. Lombardi, Esq.

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