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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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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 VICTOR J.

BERETTA

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Craven, McEntee, Filippi, and
Lombardi

     Date Introduced: February 04, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

Honorable Victor J. Beretta, a highly respected retired Associate Justice of the Rhode Island

District Court, the loving husband of Dolores for sixty-seven years, and the devoted father of

Lisanne and her husband, Hans-Christian Ritter, Victor Beretta Jr., and his wife, Dayna, Lili

Fontana, Maria Beretta, Melissa and Jean Labrecque, and Melinda and her husband Bruce

Namenson. He was also the very proud grandfather of Giana and her husband, Isaac, Zach,

Michael and his wife, Emily, Gabrielle, Max, Jacob, Hannah and her husband, John, Noble, and

Juliette, and one great-grandson, Cayden; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Victor Beretta was a son of Victor and Chiara Beretta

and the brother of Aldo Beretta and his wife, Elaine, and Raymond Beretta and his wife, Joan.

He attended Windmill Street Elementary, Samuel Slater Junior High School, and Pawtucket West

Senior High School, and earned his Bachelor's degree from Providence College, and his Juris

Doctorate from Boston University Law School. He served our country with honor as an

Administrative Specialist in the United States Army; and

     WHEREAS, Upon passing the Rhode Island Bar, Justice Beretta served as a Clerk for the

Rhode Island Supreme Court and subsequently took a position as an Associate with the

Providence law firm of Arcaro, Bellilove and Kolodney. In 1966, he was appointed City Solicitor

for the City of Pawtucket, and in 1972, was sworn in as Associate Justice of the Rhode Island

District Court, a position he held for twenty-five years until his retirement; and

     WHEREAS, Justice Beretta amassed numerous professional distinctions and served on

myriad professional and altruistic boards including, the Equitable Credit Union of Pawtucket, the

Parish Counsel of Saint Maria Goretti Church, the Fox Hill Lane Association of Franconia in

New Hampshire, the North Farm Homeowners' Association of Bristol, the Windstar Board of

Directors of Naples, Florida, Rhode Island State Chairman of the National Institute of Municipal

Law Officers, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus; and

     WHEREAS, In his leisure time, Justice Beretta was an avid tennis player, skier, golfer,

and boater. He also enjoyed spending time in the White Mountains, vacationing and skiing with

his wife, children, and grandchildren; and

     WHEREAS, Justice Beretta possessed a brilliant mind, and a fair and magnanimous

spirit, and he will be profoundly missed by those who had the good fortune to be a part of his

vital and fulfilling life; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest sympathies on the passing of the Honorable Victor J. Beretta, Jr. He will

forever be remembered by the entire membership and the citizens of this State as a highly

respected and admired judge who presided with fairness and justice over the matters before the

Rhode Island District Court; 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 Mrs. Dolores Beretta and Family.

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