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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2010

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

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MICHELE R. CALITRI

     Introduced By: Senators McBurney, Paiva-Weed, P Fogarty, Felag, and Pinga

     Date Introduced: January 21, 2010

     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 Michele

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R. “Mike” Calitri on January 17th of 2010; and

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     WHEREAS, At his passing, Mr. Calitri was eighty-four years old.  He was the devoted

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husband of fifty-five years to Rita (Lefebvre) Calitri, and the loving father to daughter, Elaine

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(Calitri) Felag, and her husband, Senator Walter S. Felag, Jr., of Warren, Rhode Island, and their

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son, Michael Calitri, and his wife, Ellen (Clerkin) Calitri, of Gilman, Connecticut; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Calitri was the doting grandfather of four grandchildren, Jake Felag,

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Zeke Felag, Steven Calitri, and Diane Calitri, and leaves one sister, Anna Florenzano, of

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Barrington, and many nephews and nieces.  He was also the brother of the late Nicholas Calitri,

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Louis Calitri, Freddy Calitri, Mary Brant, Clara Martone, Ida Castle, Olga D’Abate, and Dora

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Venditouli; and

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     WHEREAS, Son of the late Michele and Carmella (Manuppelli) Calitri, Mr. Calitri was

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born in Barrington, Rhode Island; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Calitri served with honor in the Army during WWII as a Technician

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Fifth Grade.  He received the American Campaign Medal, European African Middle Eastern

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Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal.  He was a lifetime

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member of the American Legion Post 10 in Riverside; and

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     WHEREAS, A loyal and hardworking man, Mr. Calitri along with his late brother Louis

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were the owners of Barrington Radio for sixty-three years.  His customers enjoyed his friendly

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personality and marveled at his outstanding mechanical and electrical abilities, evidenced through

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his skill at fixing any television, washing machine, or other appliance; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Calitri was the second to last member of an exclusive club known

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simply as the “Green Chair Society.”  Mike Calitri, Joe Puzzullo, Louis Calitri, Joe Cioe,

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Anthony DeSisto, Gary Dorsi, Pete Dorzi, and other members used to sit for hours in front of the

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store discussing sports, politics, potential winners at the local racetracks, and the abundant

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fleecing of America; and

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     WHEREAS, Mike was an avid Providence College Friar Basketball and New York

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Yankees fan.  He loved watching his grandchildren play various sports and having his daughter,

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Elaine, bring him his daily Dunkin Donuts decaffeinated coffee with cream and one Splenda; and

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     WHEREAS, Our thoughts and hearts hold great empathy and sorrow for the family of

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Mike Calitri.  He was a loving husband, a great father, a devoted grandfather, and a terrific uncle. 

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He enriched the lives of all who knew him and he will be dearly missed in the community; now,

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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 to Mrs. Rita Calitri and the entire Calitri Family on the

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passing of Michele “Mike” Calitri; and be it further

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

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mrs. Rita Calitri, Mrs. Elaine Felag, and Mr.

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Michael Calitri and Family.

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