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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE ALVES FAMILY ON THE PASSING

OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM L. ALVES

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Solomon, Bennett, Serpa,
Kennedy, Noret, Ruggiero, Carson, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: January 06, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with immense sadness that this House of Representatives has learned of

the passing of our former colleague, the Honorable William L. "Bud" Alves of West Warwick.

He was the beloved husband of the late Ann Alves for 57 years. Mr. Alves was born in Bristol but

was raised and lived in West Warwick for the last eighty years of his life. He was the eldest son

of the late William "Bill" Alves and Lena Alves; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Alves was a 1954 graduate of West Warwick High School where he

earned acclaim as one of the greatest football players and athletes in Rhode Island high school

sports history. He was a star football, basketball and baseball player for the Wizards, but it was on

the gridiron where he became most famous. An All-State selection for every sport he played, Mr.

Alves was named the 1953 School Boy Athlete of the Year. In the fall of 1952, he led West

Warwick to a State Title in football, scoring 35 touchdowns and 210 points, an incredible record

that lasted for twenty years. He graduated from West Warwick without ever losing a football

game in the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Alves went on to play football at Boston College where he was a

member of the Greater Boston All-Star Team and graduated in 1958 with a degree in Business

Management. He went on to have a successful professional career and continued his love of

sports through coaching, playing golf, and passionately following the athletic exploits of his

children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews as they participated in various

West Warwick and Cranston sporting events. Mr. Alves was inducted into the West Warwick

High School Hall of Fame in 1988, and the Providence Grid Iron Club Hall of Fame in 2007; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Alves was a distinguished member of the Rhode Island House of

Representatives for three terms from 1987 to 1993, representing the citizens of West Warwick

with honor, integrity and tireless devotion. He was a charismatic figure who was well-respected

and beloved by all who knew him. He also served as a member of the West Warwick Tax

Assessor Board of Review; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Alves leaves behind his children, Sharon Raiche and her husband,

David, William "Chuck" Alves and his wife, Diane, the Honorable Stephen Alves and his wife,

Debra, and Kathryn Vinton and her husband, Stephen. He was the father of the late Donna

Paliotta, and her husband, Richard, and Sally Jane Rainville and her husband, William "Billy"

Rainville. He was the proud grandfather of Michael Paliotta and Alicia Proulx, Matthew Raiche

and Amando Caetano, Jennifer Degraide and David Alves, William and Kaitlyn Alves, Stephen,

Kyle and Kayla Vinton, Jillian Nesbitt and Bryan Rainville, and the proud great-grandfather of

Brea, James, Lola, Calley, Jack, Adeline, Nicholas, Harper, Ryan, Zachary, Madden, Amelia,

Griffin, Paxton, Reilly, Nolan, and Hayes. He also leaves behind his loving companion, Helen

Kosubinsky, and many nieces and nephews; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences to the Alves Family on the passing of the Honorable William L.

"Bud" Alves; 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 Sharon Raiche, William Alves, the Honorable

Stephen Alves, and Kathryn Vinton.

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