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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF JANICE DIPRETE

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Ajello, Kazarian, Speakman,
Shallcross Smith, Kislak, Cortvriend, Carson, and Corvese

     Date Introduced: January 05, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

DiPrete, the loving wife of the late Honorable James DiPrete, Jr., and the devoted mother of

Jacqueline Ann Zannini and her husband, Michael, Kenneth James DiPrete and his wife, Caroline

Greenblatt, the late Patricia "Tish" DiPrete Handy and her husband, our friend and colleague

Representative Arthur Handy, Ronald James DiPrete and his wife, Martha, and her designated

"third son" Bruce Lane; and

     WHEREAS, Janice DiPrete was the loving daughter of Ruth Ellen and Caesar Thomas

Cambio and a well-respected lifelong resident of the City of Cranston. She was a woman of great

faith, impeccable fashion, and gratitude for all that life offered; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. DiPrete created a warm and welcoming home, where she doted on her

family and particularly her “greatest joys”, her grandchildren Alexander James Handy and Mia

James DiPrete, and where she sagely “offered discerning, perceptive advice as needed” and an ear

to listen and a shoulder on which to lean; and

     WHEREAS, Described as “the epitome of a truly nice person in every aspect” Mrs.

DiPrete earned the loyalty and love of so many friends, including her cousin, Gloria DiFolco, the

late Carol Malloy and the late Janet Small, and her cousins, Donald Cambio, Patricia DiFolco,

Lisa DiFolco as well as many, many others who filled her life with light, laughter, and love; and

     WHEREAS, Janice DiPrete was a woman whose life and being were filled with grace,

dignity, elegance and humor, and she will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

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

expresses heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and many friends of Janice DiPrete; 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 Jacqueline Ann Zannini and Family, Kenneth

James DiPrete and Family, Representative Arthur Handy and Family, Ronald James DiPrete and

Family, and Bruce Lane.

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