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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF NICOLE B. CIANCI

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Ruggerio, Ciccone, Metts, and Pichardo

     Date Introduced: April 25, 2012

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

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Cianci, beloved wife of Joseph Amar and the devoted mother of Olivia, Joseph, and Julius; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Providence to former Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., and

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Sheila Bentley McKenna, Nicole was the granddaughter of the late Esther and Dr. Vincent A.

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Cianci and the late Dr. D. Gilbert and Loretta Bentley.  She leaves three half-brothers, Michael

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Gorriaran, Steven Gorriaran, and Daniel Gorriaran, and an aunt and uncle, Carol and Dr. John

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Turchetta; and

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     WHEREAS, Nicole attended the Wheeler and Lincoln Schools in Providence and was a

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graduate of School One.  She  had been employed by the Nickerson Community Center and the

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Providence Community Action Program (ProCAP); and

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     WHEREAS, Nicole’s loving personality emerged in myriad ways.  She was the kind of

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mother that every child needs and deserves and she created a home that was warm and

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welcoming.  She was a lover of animals and had an empathy and compassion for the elderly and

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those in need; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to her family life and employment, Nicole had volunteered for

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many organizations, including the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket.   She was also a proud

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member of the Providence 12th Ward Democratic Committee; and

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     WHEREAS, Nicole Cianci was the heart and soul of her family.  Her kindheartedness

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and sincerity will forever be indelibly imprinted on the lives and in the cherished memories of her

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entire family.  She enriched the lives of all who had the good fortune to have known her.  She will

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be dearly missed and always remembered; now, therefore be it

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

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hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Nicole B. Cianci; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Joseph Amar and Family.

     

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