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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 JONATHAN WEISS

     Introduced By: Senators F Lombardi, and Zurier

     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

Jonathan Weiss, the devoted husband to Aleen Weiss for twenty-nine years, and the beloved son

of Howard and Elaine Weiss; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Weiss was a graduate of Classical High School, where he served as

Class Treasurer. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Business

Administration, and later received a Master’s degree from the George Washington University

School of Computer Science; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Weiss was a smart and hard-working man who returned to Rhode Island

to help run the family business, National Business Furniture, with his grandfather, Nathan, and

father, Howard, and later served as Executive Vice President. He also served as the Executive

Vice President of Weiss Properties, Weiss Realty LLC, and Lancaster Realty LLC, and worked

alongside his maternal grandfather, Saul Spitz, as a managing broker at Spitz Weiss Realtors,

where he was later joined by his wife, Aleen; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Weiss was an active member of The Georgetown University Alumni

Association, and served on the Board of Directors at Temple Beth-El in Providence. He was also

a member of the Aurora Civic Association, and remained close to his many friends from Camp

Buercrest, Classical High School, and Georgetown University. He was known for his smart and

witty humor, his love of music, especially classic rock, for being a loyal and passionate

Georgetown Hoyas fan, and his enduring loyalty to his family and friends; and

     WHEREAS, Jonathan Weiss leaves behind his wife, Aleen Weiss, daughters Marni

Weiss and Nina Weiss and her fiancé, Nick Lorusso, his sister Margery Morris, his brother-in-law

Steven Morris, and his niece and nephew Jaclyn and Tyler Morris; now, therefore be it

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

condolences on the passing of Jonathan Weiss; 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. Aleen Weiss and Family.

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