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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF WARREN D. COLE

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Ackerman, Solomon, Fogarty, Tanzi, Shallcross Smith, and Ajello

     Date Introduced: January 23, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with deepest condolences that this House of Representatives has

learned of the passing of Warren D. Cole. Mr. Cole was the beloved husband of the late Barbara

A. Cole and the fiancé of Lori Brierly; and

     WHEREAS, Warren was born in Providence, a son of the late H. Warren and Margaret

Cole. Mr. Cole was a hard-working man who strove daily to provide for his family and loved

ones. He worked as a rigger for General Dynamics Electric Boat, Quonset, for Offshore Oil Rig

Western Oceanic Shell Oil, and for General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Cole was a member of the RI Greyhound Owner's Association-Twin

Rivers, the Pawtuxet Athletic Club, and the East Greenwich Fireman's Association. He also won

the 1990 Topsfield Fair Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off with "Big Wally" weighing 920 pounds, an

achievement he was very proud of accomplishing; and

     WHEREAS, Warren Cole was a man of deep faith and was an active member of the

Asbury United Methodist Church in Warwick. Mr. Cole was a member of the United States Army

and served our nation with honor and distinction He also often played "Taps" on the trumpet

honoring the veterans being buried at the RI Veterans Cemetery; and

     WHEREAS, Warren Cole leaves behind his sister, Nancy Marion, his niece Kate Andrew

and his nephew Eric Brown. Mr. Cole is also survived by his stepdaughter, Anastacia Conti, three

step-grandsons, John and Ron Wright, and Steve Dobson, and one step-great granddaughter Eliza

Conti; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Warren D. Cole; and be it further

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

certified copies of this resolution to Lori Brierly and Nancy Marion.

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