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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF LEONARDO GIARRUSSO

     Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, Gee, Miller, Algiere, and Satchell

     Date Introduced: March 22, 2017

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of

Leonardo Giarrusso of Hallandale, Florida, and Johnston, Rhode Island, on March 4, 2017. He

was the husband of Rosa Giarrusso; and

     WHEREAS, Leonardo Giarrusso was born in Viese, Foggia, Italy, to the late Angelo and

Donata Giarrusso. He was always an industrious and hard-working man who strived daily to

provide for his family and to be a good husband and father. To further these goals, in 1966, he

immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in the Smith Hill neighborhood of

Providence. In 1986, he co-founded A.G. & G. Inc., with his five sons. Thanks to the life lessons

he taught his five sons, and the hard-work ethic he inculcated in them, today all of them are

successful in their careers; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Giarrusso was a devoted family man who cherished the time he spent

with his family. In his free time, he enjoyed gardening, fishing and watching sports on television,

especially Italian soccer and boxing; and

     WHEREAS, Besides Rosa, his wife of sixty-two years, Mr. Giarrusso leaves behind his

sons, Angelo and his wife, Gina, Giovanni and his wife, Doreen, Matteo and his wife, Anne, the

Honorable Antonio Giarrusso, and his wife Janet, and Franco, and his wife, Karen. He was the

brother of Rose Ferro, Anna Brannigan, Michael Giarrusso, Patricia Marsocci, Frances Duluk,

and Lucy Polisena. He was also the brother of the late Antonio Giarrusso and Matteo Giarrusso.

He also leaves behind eighteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren; now, therefore be

it

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

hereby expresses its condolences to the Giarrusso Family on the passing of Leonardo Giarrusso;

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. Rosa Giarrusso and Family.

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