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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

EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOSEPHINE PIRO

RAIMONDO

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Kennedy,
Ackerman, Costantino, Newberry, McNamara, Diaz, and Fenton-Fung

     Date Introduced: May 16, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

Josephine Piro Raimondo, the beloved wife of the late Joseph Raimondo for fifty-eight years, and

the devoted mother of Dr. Marianne Raimondo, Dr. Thomas Raimondo, and the former Governor

of the State of Rhode Island and current US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo; and

     WHEREAS, Born in the City of Providence, Mrs. Raimondo was the daughter of the late

Peter and Emilia Piro, whom she devotedly cared for in their later years. She had graduated from

Bryant College, was awarded an Honorary Master's Degree in Human Relations from Bryant

College, and had been employed as an executive secretary in the office of personnel at the US

Rubber Company for a number of years; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Raimondo created a warm and loving home for her family and

especially doted on her beloved grandchildren, Dr. Theresa Raimondo, Dr. Emilia Raimondo,

Gianna Jasinski, Peter Jasinski, Thompson Moffit and Cecilia Moffit, and had a loving

relationship with her sons-in-law and daughter-in-law, David Jasinski, Dr. Sheila Raimondo and

Andrew Moffit; and

     WHEREAS, Always active in the community, Mrs. Raimondo volunteered in the Alumni

Office at LaSalle Academy, had served as a Cub Scout den mother for many years, and was a

volunteer for Boy Scouts of America with her husband; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Raimondo was a faithful communicant of Saint Philip Parish where

she had also been a CCD teacher, and had attended Saint Mary Star of the Sea in Narragansett for

many years, and in her later years, at Saint Robert Bellarmine Parish; and

     WHEREAS, Josephine Piro Raimondo deeply loved her family and God, who were the

center and foundation for her life, and she is lovingly remembered and will always be dearly

missed; now, therefore be it

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

extends deepest condolences on the passing of Josephine Piro Raimondo; 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 Dr. Marianne Raimondo and Family, Dr.

Thomas Raimondo and Family and the Honorable Gina Raimondo and Family.

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