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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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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 ALBERT AUGUSTINE ANDOLFO

     Introduced By: Senator James C. Sheehan

     Date Introduced: May 01, 2018

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sympathy that this Senate has learned of the passing of Albert

Augustine "Gus" Andolfo. Mr. Andolfo of Narragansett, passed away at his home on April 8,

2018, with his loving family at his side after a courageous two and a half year battle with cancer.

He was the beloved husband of Nancy Adolfo for more than forty years; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Adolfo was born in Providence, the son of Mary Adolfo and the late

Thomas Adolfo. He graduated from LaSalle Academy High School in 1972, and Providence

College in 1976. Mr. Adolfo had a distinguished and successful twenty-year banking career in

which he worked for numerous banks, rising to the position of Vice President and Commercial

Real Estate Lender, and was responsible for his bank's participation in one of the largest real

estate transactions and developments in the City of Providence; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Adolfo later decided to change career paths and over the next twenty

years, worked as a Vice President and Certified General Appraiser for Andolfo Appraisal

Associates, Inc. He was held in high esteem by his peers for his tireless work ethic, impeccable

integrity, and his business acumen; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Andolfo was a golf enthusiast who especially enjoyed playing golf on

Sunday mornings at Jamestown Golf Course. He also enjoyed music and often attended various

Brian Wilson concerts in Rhode Island, California, and elsewhere through the decades; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Andolfo was a deeply spiritual man. He served as the Financial

Secretary on the Finance Council for St. Thomas More Church for more than twenty years. He

was also a member of the Narragansett Lions Club and the Rhode Island Commercial Board of

Appraisers; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Andolfo leaves behind his wife, Nancy Andolfo, his children, Matthew

J. Andolfo and Ashley A. Andolfo, PharmD, and his mother, Mary Andolfo. He is also survived

by his grandchild, Elyse, his daughter-in-law, Nicolette Andolfo, PharmD, his brother, Thomas S.

Andolfo, MAI, and his wife, Lucille, his nephew, Adam, and his wife Michelle, and their child,

Cole, and his sister-in-law, Patricia Hanley; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Andolfo was a devoted husband and father, and a cherished friend to

many. The pain of his passing is immense but the memory of his kindness and loving nature will

live on forever in the hearts and memories of his family and all who knew him; now, therefore, be

it

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

hereby express our deepest condolences on the passing of Albert Augustine Andolfo; 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. Nancy Andolfo and Family.

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