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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JOSEPH

DALTI, JR.

     Introduced By: Representatives Newberry, Phillips, Morin, Casey, and MacBeth

     Date Introduced: April 05, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

passing of Joseph Dalti, Jr., a former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, the

devoted husband of the late Joanne Dalti, and the beloved father of Thomas Dalti, John Dalti, and

the late Donna Gallant. He was also the very proud grandfather of six grandchildren, Joey

Gallant, Jill Brady, Ashley and Chelsea Dalti, Ross and John Dalti, III, and two great

grandchildren, Ava and Alex Brady; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Woonsocket, Mr. Dalti was the son of the late Joseph and Amelia

Dalti, Sr., and the brother of Frank Dalti, Ronald Dalti, Angelina Dagesse, Antoinette Hetu, and

the late James Dalti, Grace Cullerton, and Mary Sutcliffe. He was a graduate of Woonsocket High

School, and had earned his degree from the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy at the University

of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, A well-respected businessman and member of the community, Mr. Dalti

had worked as a pharmacist and was one of the owners of the former Park Square Pharmacy and

Park Square Medical Center for 49 years prior to his retirement in 1995. He was also the

founder of Town & Country Liquor Store, which he had owned with his two sons; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 1970, the Honorable Joseph Dalti was elected to the Rhode

Island House of Representatives. He served his constituents in District 61 in the Town of North

Smithfield from January of 1971 through January of 1973; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Dalti was also a member of the Board of Directors for Fogarty Hospital,

had served on the board that wrote the North Smithfield Town Charter, and was the North

Smithfield Safety Director. In his leisure time, Mr. Dalti enjoyed hunting and was a lifetime

member of the Sayles Hill Rod & Gun Club; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Joseph Dalti was a devoted family man, a successful

businessman and a consummate gentleman. He enriched the lives of all who knew him and he

will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of the Honorable

Joseph Dalti; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Thomas Dalti and Family.

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