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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF LUCIA NORMA RICCI-

CURCIO

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, Costantino, Corvese, and Kazarian

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with utmost sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Lucia

Norma Ricci-Curcio, beloved wife of the late Amelio Ricci, and the former wife and constant

companion of Thomas Curcio. She was the cherished mother of Joseph Ricci, and his wife,

Diane, Sandra Petrarca and her husband, John, Jeannine Minutelli and her husband, the late

Joseph Minutelli, and the late Norman Ricci; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Lucia was a daughter of the late Luigi and Adeline

Sergiacomi, and the sister of Louis Sergiacomi and the late Henry Sergiacomi; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ricci-Curcio had made a warm and welcoming home for her family

and particularly doted on her grandchildren Angel, Peter, Jina, Thomas, Jodi and Jacklyn, and the

late Norman Ricci, Jr., and her nine great-grandchildren. They kept her young-at-heart, and happy

and content with many adventures including snowmobiling and riding ATVS, and family

gatherings and birthday celebrations in her beautiful backyard; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her family and home, in 1965, Mrs. Ricci-Curcio co-founded

A. Ricci & Sons Construction together with her husband. She loved spending her winter months

in Florida, and traveling and driving just about anywhere; and

     WHEREAS, Beautiful and vibrant, Lucia Norma Ricci-Curcio was blessed with a large

and loving family and many devoted friends. She will always be remembered with love and

dearly missed by all who shared her joyous life; now therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby extends deepest sympathy on the passing of Lucia Norma Ricci-

Curcio; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copies of this resolution to Joseph R. Ricci and Family, Sandra Petrarca

and Family, Jeannine Minutelli, and Mr. Thomas Curcio.

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