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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ANGELINA DEFILIPPO

     Introduced By: Senators F Lombardi, and Gallo

     Date Introduced: April 12, 2022

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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

Angelina DeFilippo, the loving wife of the late Vincent DeFilippo. She was born on March 25,

1936, in Prata Sannita, Caserta, Italy, the beloved daughter of Pasquale and Vincenza Giradi, and

at the age of seventeen, immigrated with her family to the United States and settled in Cranston;

and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. DeFilippo was a hard-working woman who tirelessly strove to create a

warm and loving home for her family and provide for her loved ones. In her early years, she and

her husband, Vincent, owned Father and Son’s Café in the Silver Lake neighborhood of

Providence. In her later years, they owned Faith Restaurant and Catering in the Atwood Medical

Building in Johnston for twenty years; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. DeFilippo was a woman of great faith who served God and her church

faithfully her entire life. She attended daily Mass and prayed the Rosary many times each day.

She was one of the founders of the Santa Maria di Prata Society and served as the President of the

Women’s Auxiliary for twelve years. She organized and helped cook for the annual festival in

honor of La Madonna di Prata and the famous St. Joseph’s polenta dinner, and volunteered her

time at the Cranston Senior Center working with Alzheimer’s patients and St. Rocco’s Church

teaching CCD to youngsters. She also made numerous spiritual journeys to the Vatican and to

Medjugorje; and

     WHEREAS, In her free time, Mrs. DeFilippo loved playing bocce and was the proud

bocce champion of the Cranston Senior Center Senior Olympic Games alongside her sister. She

also loved cooking and taking care of her family, and was a fun-loving person who enjoyed

nothing more than seeing people smile and laugh at her practical jokes and silly antics. She was a

beacon of light in this world and will be dearly missed by her loved ones and many friends; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. DeFlippo leaves behind her children, Donna Giarusso and her

husband, Steven, Lori-Ann Carlino and her husband, Mario, and Gina Hebert. She was the

beloved grandmother of Dawn Giarusso, Stephanie Kaffenburger, Christina Lombardo, Kayla

Holbrook, Brianna Carlino and Angelica Gardner, and the beloved great-grandmother of seven.

She was the sister of the late Elisabetta Testa and her late husband, Americo, Assunta Feole and

her husband, Leo, and Dolores Lisi and her late husband Frank; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby expresses its deepest

condolences on the passing of Angelina DeFilippo; 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 Donna Giarusso, Lori-Ann Carlino and Gina

Hebert.

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