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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE DELUCA FAMILY ON THE PASSING GENNARO

J. DELUCA

     Introduced By: Senators Cote, and Picard

     Date Introduced: May 14, 2015

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Gennaro J. "Gerry" DeLuca passed away tragically at his home due to a fire

on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Mr. DeLuca was sixty-six years old. He was born in Providence,

Rhode Island, the son of the late John and Edna (Hatten) DeLuca, and was the husband of

Roberta DeLuca; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. DeLuca served our nation with honor and valor during the Vietnam

War as a member of the United States Navy. He was a retired house painter and had owned his

own painting business for many years. He was also known for painting churches for free as an

"expression of his faith" and as a way of "saying thank you to God"; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. DeLuca was also very active in civic and political affairs and was

always willing to speak his mind and hold elected officials responsible, whether it be by letter, on

talk radio, or from the floor of Harris Hall; and

     WHEREAS, Besides his wife Roberta, Mr. DeLuca leaves behind his sisters, Murial

DeLuca Pepper, Christine DeLuca, Kathy Gay, and Maria Goulet, and his brothers, John DeLuca,

Joseph DeLuca, and Paul DeLuca; now, therefore be it

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

hereby expresses its condolences to the DeLuca Family on the passing of Gennaro J. DeLuca; and

be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Roberta DeLuca.

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