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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF A. VINCENT IGLIOZZI

     Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Ruggerio, Goodwin, Gallo, and Algiere

     Date Introduced: February 05, 2020

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

Vincent Igliozzi, the beloved husband of forty years to the late Dolores Ann, and the cherished

father of three children, Angelica Igliozzi and her husband, Robert Colantuono, the Honorable

David Igliozzi, Esq. and his wife, Mariesa, and the Honorable John Igliozzi, Esq. and his

companion, Elisa Serpa. He was also the very proud grandfather of Bianca Luisa Iannitti and her

partner, Justin Andrade, David Thomas, Gian Vincent, Alexander Vincent and Nico Andrew

Igliozzi, and the devoted companion of June Granata for twenty-one years; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Igliozzi was affectionately known as "Vinnie" or "Sonny" by his family

and many friends. He was the son of the late Angelo and Luisa Igliozzi, brother of the late Mary

Zompa and Yolanda Pullano, father-in-law to the late Charles V. Iannitti, and the uncle of many

nieces, nephews, and one great-great nephew. He grew up and was a life-long resident of

Providence’s Silver Lake neighborhood and was a graduate of LaSalle Academy; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Igliozzi served his country with distinction during the Korean War.

Upon discharge, he attended Bryant College to study business. Throughout his distinguished

career, Mr. Igliozzi held myriad eminent titles including, being named Director of Administration

for the State of Rhode Island State Equal Opportunity Office and Federal Programs Coordinator,

Assistant Director of Administration for the State of Rhode Island, and the Deputy Clerk to the

Rhode Island House of Representatives; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Igliozzi held numerous professional positions including,

serving as President of the International Personnel Management Association, executive board

member of the National Institute of Employment Security, and a member of the Rhode Island

Manpower Service Council and the Commission of Comparable Worth; and

     WHEREAS, An active and contributing member of his community, Mr. Igliozzi was one

of the founders of the Silver Lake Community Center, where he had served as the Chairman of

the Board of Directors since its establishment, Chairman of the Diocese of Providence Catholic

School Board, and the Training thru Placement Program for the developmentally disabled, Silver

Lake Lions Club, Grand Lodge Columbus Day Observance Committee, and a lifelong

parishioner, Lector, and a member of the St. Bartholomew Church fund-raising committee. He

was also the past president of the St. Bartholomew’s Parish School Board, Silver Lake Lions

Club and the Loggia Piave Sons of Italy, and a member of the Hope Council Knights of

Columbus, the Rosario Society, the Rhode Island Jimmy Fund, Saint Bartholomew’s Society, the

Italo-American Club, and the Holy Name Society, as well as the secretary of the Providence

Civic Center Authority, Chairperson of the 7th Ward Democratic Committee, Secretary to the

Providence Democratic City Committee, and a member of the Silver Lake/Hartford Revitalization

Committee; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Igliozzi was honored and recognized for many accomplishments

including being awarded the Loggia Piave Merit Award in 1993. He had helped to revitalize the

Piave Lodge which had been inactive for years and was elected President, and subsequently

elected to the post of Trustee of the Rhode Island Grand Lodge; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Igliozzi left this world a far better place because of his life’s endeavors.

He enriched the lives of all who knew him and he will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

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

hereby expresses deepest sympathies to the entire Igliozzi Family on the passing of A. Vincent

Igliozzi; and be it further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Angelica Igliozzi, the Honorable David

Igliozzi, Esq., and the Honorable John Igliozzi, Esq.

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