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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF

DOLORES QUATTROCCHI

     Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Goodwin, Paiva Weed, McCaffrey, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: April 10, 2013

     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 Dolores

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Quattrocchi, loving wife of Rocco A. Quattrocchi, devoted mother of Joseph A. Quattrocchi and

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his wife, Barbara, Cynthia Quattrocchi, and the late John J. M. Quattrocchi. She was also the

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beloved grandmother of Charles Ruggerio and his wife, Jillian, Rocco Quattrocchi and his wife,

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Alessandra, Joseph Quattrocchi and his wife, Krista, and Amanda Fallon and her husband,

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William, and the proud and doting great-grandmother to her beautiful great-granddaughter, Ava

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Ruggerio; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Providence, Dolores was a daughter of the late Joseph and Edith

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DeRosa. At the age of three, she was the well-known radio star known as "Baby Dolores." From

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1931 through 1937, she sang on WPRO Radio with Buddy's gang, and for several years, her

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picture appeared on every loaf of Gorman's Bread; and

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     WHEREAS, By age 13, Dolores was singing at various locations throughout New

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England. While entertaining the troops during World War II, she met and fell in love with her

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future husband, Rocco. They were together from then until her passing, seventy-two years later;

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and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to making a home for her family, Dolores supported numerous

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charitable organizations. She was a member of St. Ann and St. Anthony Church and contributed

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to St. Agnes Church, as well as to the Chapel at Fatima Hospital; and

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     WHEREAS, There is no doubt that Dolores Quattrocchi, a kind, generous, and loving

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woman, left an indelible mark on the lives of those she knew and loved, and she will be dearly

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missed; now, 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 the Quattrocchi Family on the passing of Dolores

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Quattrocchi; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Rocco A. Quattrocchi and Family.

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